Today I’ve been fiddling around with covers of my own songs by Sicksquid, who’s been having a hard time of it lately, losing a really close friend (in the sense of death, not misplacing).
Over the summer when I was up in London he recorded some versions of Subliminally Advertising Your Wife and Curiously Strong Peppermints which I had been wanting to hear for ages. His take on them is rather different to mine, done in the signature style of an ill cephalopod, but I think they work well. I recorded some vocals and an acoustic guitar, but other than that they remain largely unchanged.
They are more or less completely electric covers with minimal tracks, but the sound is rather large and pleasing.
We didn’t have the time to work on anything new, but when I’m back next summer I’m hoping to have lots of new material ready to start recording again – next time it wont be as rushed as Strange Vibrations as when I listen back there are parts I know I should have taken more time over.
