Cover songs are some of the best and worst things about music. In this case it is the former as this cover is absolutely beautifully done and still keeps the same sentiment that Neutral Milk Hotel crafted in their original recording. To me staying true to the direction the song originally took is very important. There are too many cover songs where art gets in the way of the words and you end up with an extremely upbeat and happy song set to the a monotone minor key composed rendition that loses the point originally intended. Another example is the difference between Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower.” This song gained pop-culture notoriety due to the cover Jimi Hendrix recorded. Despite the extreme shift in the instrumentation and direction of the song, Jimi still stayed true to the message and kept the intensity needed to push the meaning of the words. These days there are too many channels for people to put out their own music – which is great I’m not complaining or saying that’s wrong in any way – but that allows for people to be exposed to cover music that ruins the original version and corrupts it of it’s integrity. To wrap up a very long winded response, it’s great to see a very popular band take on a beautifully written song by a band not many know and make it their own without hurting the original.

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