Hear SOAK Cover The National's "Bloodbuzz Ohio"

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Back in July, SOAK (aka Bridie Monds-Watson) followed up her sophomore full-length, Grim Town, with a cover of Sleater-Kinney’s “Modern Girl” for Amazon Music. Now the Irish singer-songwriter is back to put her spin on another one of the greats (and one of Paste’s best songs of the decade): The National’s “Bloodbuzz Ohio.”

“Matt Berninger is one of my favorite lyricists,” said Monds-Watson in a statement. “There’s something so special about the imagery The National manages to create within their music and I often catch myself imagining each song as its own movie trailer. I love the manic world this song creates.” SOAK’s rendition is definitely as far from manic as it gets—its paring-down of the song’s bombast and mystique to soft guitar and reedy vocals approaches twee.

Listen to SOAK’s “Bloodbuzz Ohio” below and find The National’s 2007 Daytrotter session further down.

Hear SOAK Cover The National’s “Bloodbuzz Ohio”