If imitation is flattery, Karin Dreijer Andersson (of Fever Ray and the Knife) is welcome to hubris of Kayne-ian proportions.
In 2005, Jose Gonzales recorded a stripped down version of the Knife’s ‘Heartbeats‘ for his album ‘Veneer.’ The song reached #9 on UK’s Singles Charts while propelling Gonzales to indie rock respectability and CW soundtracks everywhere. Now, Swedish folk-rock outfit First Aid Kit is taking a similar approach, reworking the eerie Fever Ray track ‘When I Grow Up‘ into a significantly more approachable affair.
Free NoiseNarcs publicity to the first band to re-imagine 2003′s “You Take My Breath Away.”
Jose Gonzalez – Heartbeats [buy Veneer]
First Aid Kit – When I Grow Up (Fever Ray cover) [buy First Aid Kit tracks]
The Knife – You Take my Breath Away [buy Deep Cuts]
I dig. I imagine the First Aid Kit decision to cover “When I Grow Up” went something like, “You know what the monochromatic, colorless terror of ‘When I Grow Up’ could really use? The jangly guitar from Leonard Cohen’s ‘The Stranger!’” “Let’s do it!”
this would be a great, but whoever mixed the vocals killed it. The back-up vocal sounds sooo much better than the lead…so much potential. wasted.