Some more Sam Beam
I mentioned the pride of place taken by Sam Beam’s ‘Flightless Bird, American Mouth’ in the movie of Twilight the other day. But after hearing it I went out and bought Around the Well, the new two disc set of Iron & Wine rarities. Besides coming complete with more old school tape hiss than any record deserves to have, Around the Well is what it says it is, a selection of bibs and bobs, but there are more than a few gems amidst its 23 tracks, not the least of which is this cover of New Order’s ‘Love Vigilantes’. Not what you’d call an obvious collision of aesthetics, but it works beautifully.
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city of tongues 
fantastic. love the camera work – framing beam between two bobbing brunettes
Possibly loosely inspired by the Oysterband cover of the same song, with accordian accompaniment (sadly I couldn’t find a version online).