Album Review
Klaxons, The / Alan Vega / No Bra – “Suicide” [coll] – [Blast First Petite]
ophelia necro 3/28/2010 10-inch, A Library
In the 6th release of a series of Suicide covers on 10″, The Klaxons cover ‘Sweetheart’. Also on the new release are Alan Vega’s solo track ‘Speedway’ and the solo artiste No Bra, doing ‘Super Subway Comedian. Each EP includes a cover from a renown artist, an unreleased piece by Suicide from the archives and a cover by a promising newer act. The project, in honour of vocalist Alan Vega’s 70th birthday, started a year ago and will continue for another. ‘Sweetheart’ from Klaxons, actually a solo journey for Jamie Reynolds, shares the same instrumental and vocals with the original and is one second longer. ‘Sweetheart’ sounds like something played in a David Lynch movie. A dark, retro, romantic ballad. ‘Speedway’ is a rare track and is classic Vega. No Bra is a solo female artist who puts and interesting take on the Suicide sound with her cover of ‘Super Subway Comedian’ staying true to the original but definitely giving it a touch of female energy.
Future collaborations include Glasvegas, Peaches, Liars, Nick Cave and Mogwai.
you heard it 26 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 1036 days ago, Bryan Chandler played Speedway
- 1414 days ago, Ms. Tiza played Sweetheart
- 3164 days ago, Naysayer played Speedway
- 4347 days ago, Shark Starr I played Super Subway Comedian
- 4756 days ago, Tarantula played Sweetheart
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