Category Archives: one-take cover

As my Last.fm overall album listening stats will confirm, I’ve been pretty obsessed with Handsome Furs over the last couple of years.

About this time last year, I recorded a cover of a song from their first album. But it’s really their second, Face Control, that has held a steadfast grip on me during this time.  So, it’s about time I had a crack at one of its tracks. (I’ll get around to discussing the album more in the Top Ten of the 2000s thread soon enough…)

Regrettably, this comes a month after the band announced their split. So, this kind of doubles as my tribute to the band. Thanks for the tunes Dan and Alexei!

The cover is very basic – acoustic guitar and vocals, recorded together in one take. My aim is to try and do more covers in this vein, just to keep myself musically active, since I seem to have once again fallen into a bit of a songwriting stupor. (Suggestions welcome!)

Anyway, for now, here’s me doing ‘I’m Confused’ by Handsome Furs (whose original version you can enjoy herewise) -

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[download 'i'm confused' mp3]