Daily Dose: Phoebe Bridgers, “The Gold” (Manchester Orchestra Cover)
Images via Frank Ockenfels, Dead Oceans
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Since the release of her debut album Stranger In The Alps, Phoebe Bridgers has been keeping herself busy doing very cool things. Bridgers and her band are currently on tour and she’s covered artists like Tom Petty, Sheryl Crow and Gillian Welch. Now, just days after sharing a stage with The National, she’s released a cover of emo royalty Manchester Orchestra’s “The Gold.”
“The Gold” was the lead single on 2017’s A Black Mile To The Surface, for which the band has since released demo tracks and a behind-the-scenes documentary. Bridgers’ version doesn’t make any drastic changes, but it is more toned down—where the original version stops you in your tracks when the chorus hits, Phoebe takes a more subtle approach. The cover mellows out the song in a similar way that Hope, the acoustic version of Manchester Orchestra’s 2013 album Cope, did.
You can listen to “The Gold” and watch Bridgers’ Paste Studio session below. Keep scrolling to get a look at Bridgers’ upcoming tour dates, some of which will see her opening for The National and Sylvan Esso.
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