The Morning Benders are a great little band from the Bay Area, one that has a fun lo-fi feel. They've just released a digital album of covers. Here's an MP3 link of their cover of
Roy Orbison's "Crying".If you like what you hear, you can
go to their blog and download the rest of the album. It includes covers of Fleetwood Mac, Paul Simon, the Smiths, and many more. Here's an except of what they have to say about the recording:
"these songs sound the way they do, because we recorded them with a laptop and one mic. we used mainly acoustic guitars and shakers because that's what we had lying around, and we couldn't make much noise in our apartment anyway. we didn't spend time arranging any of these either. we learned the chords and the lyrics (which was pretty easy because we've heard all these songs hundreds of times), and we played 'em. what you hear at the basis of the recording is generally a first take. sometimes we added some background vocals or another guitar part here or there, because the songs we were covering had a lot more going on than us, and we were feeling a bit inadequate…
but hey, you're always fighting a losing battle when you're recording covers, because 99.99% of the time the cover isn't going to be as good the original. well, for the record, let it be known that none of our covers are as good as the originals. that's part of why we wanted to give all these tracks away for free. if you haven't heard one of these songs before, you should go out and buy it from the original artist, RIGHT NOW. disclaimer aside: if you want to hear some kids having a lot of fun playing some of their favorite songs ever, check these out.
love,
the morning benders"
