Okkervil River have covered a bunch of songs by various artists and are giving it away on their site.
Okkervil River - Golden Opportunities 2
If you head over to http://www.okkervilriver.com, you’ll be greeted with a couple of options down the bottom, but if you click on the cover for ‘Golden Opportunities 2’, you’ll have the chance to hear the songs.
The E.P. is a follow up to 2007’s ‘Golden Opportunities’, which featured covers from Serge Gainsbourg, Randy Newman, John Cale, Joni Mitchell and more.
The track listing for the E.P. is:
- It’s So Nice To Get Stoned (Ted Lucas)
- U.F.O. (Big Jim Sullivan)
- One Soul Less On Your Fiery List (The Triffids)
- Plan D (Bill Fay)
- Dry Bones (Traditional)
The band haven’t particularly changed any of the songs in any great way, but they do offer some beautiful renditions of what were already great songs. Download this E.P. RIGHT NOW. That’s an order.
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