Tiny Stills (Wiretap Records) tackle Saves the Day “Anywhere with You,” turning it into a glittery pop song complete with bright acoustic guitars, syncopated hand claps, and tambourines. Instead they create a track that feels natural to the genre. The guitar work too is more pop-punk than post-hardcore, but it doesn’t feel like a formulaic “Take This Song and Make It Punk” that can happen at times with covers. There’s light screaming in the background overlayed on clean vocals, but it’s so low in the mix it functions mostly as a head nod to the original. And Love Again (Wiretap Records) recorded their dramatically updated version of “This Could Be Anywhere in the World,” trading in Alexisonfire’s signature dueling hardcore screaming and melodic clean vocals for updated pop-punk vocal harmonies. Speaking of Alexisonfire, the beloved post-hardcore heroes are back onstage this year, playing at both Riot Fest and Furnace Fest. The updated guitar work lifts the song into a more modern emo sound.
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In their version, the softly picked guitar intro is exchanged for piano and strings, which add a slightly different touch, before they launch into the full punk-ness of the track. Some of the featured artists created the second type of cover, interpreting songs they were covering through their own musical voices.Ĭatholic Guilt (Wiretap Records) tackled “At Your Funeral” by Saves the Day, a song I’ve long been obsessed with. If you’re a fan of The Anniversary, then you should definitely check out Parting. So, if you love The Get Up Kids, chances are you will enjoy Burnt Tape. And they give the listeners direction to discover new artists who also appreciate these classic musicians. The song selections give insight into the way artists are inspired.
This is by no means a bad thing because it refocuses light on some incredible music that hasn’t been given much attention lately. Most of the songs presented here are faithful renditions of the artists they are covering. The featured artists on Undercover on the Streets created obvious love letters to the musicians who inspired them. His cover of Nine Inch Nail’s “Hurt” is an emotionally cathartic experience that did justice to and elevated the original. These albums saw the outlaw country hero approaching out of his wheelhouse artists for a product that was something different than the original and what most would expect from Cash. Johnny Cash had an astonishing second career with covers in his American Music series, expertly produced by Rick Rubin. Subsequently, it became Save Ferris’ most well-known hit. The best example of this is Save Ferris’ “Come on Eileen.” Not only did Save Ferris bring the already excellent song to a new generation of listeners, but they breathed new life into it. There are also slews of ska cover songs which add upstroke guitars and horns for fun twists on a classic. The most obvious examples of this are the Fearless Records Punk Goes Pop series, especially the earlier volumes. The result becomes more of an interpretation or paraphrase. In the second kind of cover, the band takes a beloved song and adds their own particular flavor to it. In this type of homage, the cover artist is expressing their love for the original artist by rendering their version as faithful to the original song as possible. The first seeks to play the song exactly (or as close to exact) as the original artist. Generally speaking, there are two kinds of cover songs. The artists covered in this collection have been incredibly important and influential to any band that would be coming up in those genres today.
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Wiretap Records and Friend Club Records, two up-and-coming indie labels, came together to release a tribute album in honor of Vagrant Records, who are celebrating 25 years as a label.
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