Wye Oak
Strangers 7''
Merge
2011
Rating: 8 tangled water hoses out of 10
Normally I'd be remiss in even bothering to write about a seven inch of cover songs, but I've been obsessing over Wye Oak lately and the two songs they chose to cover are a couple of my all-time favorites. Over the span of a couple of years the band recorded covers for the Onion AV club, as they would have various groups into their studio for the purpose of tackling these lists of classic tracks they wanted reworked. Side A gives you their 2010 rendition of the Kink's "Strangers", and the flip side is a 2011 take on Danzig's "Mother". Jenn Wasner's deep vocals and the groups slow-tempo take on these tracks is quite fantastic. Any fan of Wye Oak should certainly seek this out.
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