Covers

The cover projects began with Andrew, Charlie, and David deciding to cover songs to present to each other upon their completion. This involved not telling one another what song they had selected to record so it would be a surprise to listen without knowing what would be heard. Further projects followed, each with specific limitations. Eventually, the projects came to involve other Kelvin-Helmholtz artists, with many of our diverse opinions involved in the selection of the cover "theme" and thus, a wider variety of recordings in the completion of each project.

Covers Project #1
For which artists had no restrictions in song selection nor execution:
1. Andrew - Joanna Newsome's "En Gallop"
2. Charles - Doug Martsch's "Heart (Things Never Shared)"
3. David - Thanksgiving's "Money"


Covers Project #2
For which artists involved one outside guest in the project for their covers:
1. David - Andrew Lane's "I Felt Like It" with Alexa Simpson
2. Andrew - Jens Lekman's "A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammerhill" with Becky McLemore and Nathan Ziebell


Covers Project #3
For which artists covered songs originally sung in a language other than English:
1. David - B. Powell, V. DeMoraes, and P. Barouh's "Samba Saravah"
2. Charles - Serge Gainsbourg's "Les Sucettes"
3. Andrew - Serge Gainsbourg's "Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son"


Covers Project #4
For which artists covered songs specifically selected for them by a source knowledgable of their past works, personalities, and musical tastes, Roland Swedlund:
1. Andrew - Silver Apple's "I Have Known Love"
2. David - Modern Lover's "Dignified and Old"
3. Charles - Captain Beefheart's "Call On Me"


Covers Project #5
For which artists covered songs by the band Grandaddy. Album titles were written on slips of paper and placed in a metal bowl from which the artists drew. The artists revealed their album titles, but the songs, as always, were left a mystery. One album was excluded due to the number of participants:
1. John - Under the Western Freeway, "Everything Beautiful is Far Away"
2. Andrew - The Sophtware Slump, "So You'll Aim Towards the Sky"
3. David - Concrete Dunes, "Gentle Spike Resort"
4. Charles - Sumday, "The Final Push to the Sum"


Covers Project #6
For which artists chose lyrics and wrote new music:
1. John - The Slackers' "Rude and Reckless"
2. Charlie - Andrew Lane's "David (Reprise)"
3. Andrew - Broken Social Scene's "It's All Gonna Break"
4. Jessica - Neutral Milk Hotel's "Engine"
5. David - Fiery Furnaces' "The Old Hag is Sleeping"

Covers Project #7
For which artists each wrote one song title on slips of paper placed in an ordinary cap from which the slips were drawn at random:
1. Nate - Diana Ross and the Supremes' "I Second That Emotion" (David's Choice)
2. Andrew - Ozzy Osborne's "Changes" (Caleb's Choice)
3. Charlie - James Chance and the Contorntions' "Designed to Kill" (Charlie's Choice)
4. David - Jethro Tull's "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day" (Nate's Choice)
5. Caleb - The Kinks' "Victoria" (Andrew's Choice)

Covers Project #8
For which artists covered songs titled or featuring a high frequency usage of a name:
1. David - Xiu Xiu's "Mike"
2. Caleb - Yo La Tengo's "Madeline"
3. Charlie - Roy Wood's "Dear Elaine"
4. Nate - Guns 'n' Roses' "Mr. Brownstone"
5. Jessica - Frank Black's "Speedy Marie"