the morning benders Giving Away the bedroom covers On Their Site
We’ve heard some of the hipsters take the piss out of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails’ new distribution models. It reminds me of days spent schlepping videos to the masses, working my way through college. You want to know what caused more headaches than anything else on that job? Well, besides the customers? It wasn’t late fees. Sure people bitched about them, but we had more people get pissy when we were trying to give something away than we ever did about late fees. Give people a coupon for a fuckin’ movie and they’d try to walk out with the whole fuckin’ store. It was insane.
I brought all that up because one of things some people have said regarding Radiohead and NIN is that it’s no big deal for big, rich rock bands to give an album away because they can afford it. I always thought that was a bullshit criticism because no one has to do it for free. That big bands like NIN and Radiohead were willing says a lot to me, but whatever. I see the point critics might be trying to make even if I think it’s bullshit. Well, we can now add another band to the list of those giving away free music on the internet and they’re hardly in the earnings bracket of a Radiohead or a NIN.
the morning benders hit the studio during a break from their tour with The Kooks and We Are Scientists and recorded an album of covers, and you can download it free from their blog. The’re calling the album the bedroom covers and it includes their take on songs by artists such as Roy Orbison, The Smiths, Paul Simon, and Velvet Underground. That’s a pretty diverse group of artists to bring together on one collection. Here is the full tracklisting for the bedroom covers:1. crying - roy orbison
2. mother and child reunion - paul simon
3. why dont they let us fall in love? - the ronettes
4. lovefool - the cardigans
5. i won’t share you - the smiths
6. he’s a rebel - the crystals
7. marie - randy newman
8. fools rush in - johnny mercer/rube bloom
9. temptation inside your heart - velvet underground
10. dreams - fleetwood mac
11. pull up the roots - talking heads
12. caroline, no- beach boys remix (bonus track)
12. 5 why don’t they let us fall in love? - the ronettes (live daytrotter version)
the morning benders have been touring in support of their talking through tin cans album. Due in part to being named an Editors’ Choice at the iTunes Music Store, the album broke into the Top 20 on iTunes’ sales chart and also went to #30 on Billboard Magazine’s Indie Album Chart.
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