Crayon Fields Cover Roxette, Farewell Aus
News posted Monday, September 20 2010 at 04:00 PM.
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Melbourne’s Crayon Fields have taken a leaf out of Aleks And The Ramps’ book by covering Roxette’s ‘It Must Have Been Love’ for a free tour EP.
The band’s “sultry” take on the classic power ballad follows The Ramps’ ‘No Se Si Es Amor’, a Spanish version of the song complete with banjo and electronic blips, which appeared on the band’s debut full-length Pisces Vs. Aquarius. Crayon Fields’ take is currently available for free download via Bandcamp, along with a vinyl-only B-side ‘How Loved You Are’, a live version of ‘Graceless’ from second album All the Pleasures Of the World and a remix of that album’s title track by Dan Block.
Collectively titled Make Peace With Love, the digital EP coincides with the band’s first proper US tour: 12 dates all up, including a stop-off in New York for CMJ. It follows a brief trip to SxSW, LA and New York in March, which you can read about here.
Before they head off to the States, Crayon Fields will play a headline farewell show at the East Brunswick Club in Melbourne on October 1 with Darren Sylvester and Hit the Jackpot in support. They’re also scheduled to perform at the Parklife Festival in Melbourne on October 2.
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Bastards.
I think i saw Neil buying a tight sparkly womens top for himself at savers the other day. AND! I heard Geoff has been taking interpretive dance lessons......
Now we just need Collapsed Toilet Vietnam and Striborg to do Roxette covers.
there's a benefit album in the making there.
I can see it now. It Must Have Been Love, the benefit album for survivors of domestic violence.
Oh Untold....
nice artwork
i like this song less now...
I tried to imagine the most saccharine, twee-est thing I could, and I came up with Belle and Sebastian covering the soundtrack to Mary Poppins.
This song is twee-er than that.
What an uninspired, bland, horrible cover.
Don't mind crayon fields generally, however...
Yeah, neither do I, tigers. That's why this vomit-inducing, unimaginative version of an otherwise magnificent pop track made my spew into my mouth.
Ace tracks on this EP. Really like the live take on Graceless and the remix. I don't mind the cover at all but then I do love my twee more than most.
hmm it ain't no ‘No Se Si Es Amor’ that's for sure
Crayon Fields farewell show is this Friday at the East.
Then on Saturday they'll be opening the main stage at Parklife.
There will be some surprises at both shows.
tonight!