Demise Cab For Cutie have paid tribute to Low‘s Mimi Parker with a canopy of ‘The Plan’.
Parker, the group’s vocalist and drummer, handed away in November from ovarian most cancers on the age of 55, resulting in an outpouring of tributes from the artist group.
Now, Demise Cab For Cutie have shared their very own musical tribute within the type of the brand new cowl. “We imagine one of the simplest ways to recollect the musicians we lose is to play their songs. ‘The Plan’ has all the time been one among our favourite Low songs and is introduced right here in tribute to Mimi,” mentioned the group’s vocalist Ben Gibbard.
The duvet will seem because the closing observe on an acoustic model of Demise Cab For Cutie’s most up-to-date album ‘Asphalt Meadows’, which got here out in September. ‘Asphalt Meadows: Acoustic’, will probably be out on March 10.
Try the band’s interpretation of ‘The Plan’ beneath.
Talking to NME about ‘Asphalt Meadows’, Gibbard mentioned how he gained a brand new perspective on music from enjoying livestreams through the COVID-19 pandemic, the place he would usually do covers or dig out Demise Cab deep cuts.
“For anyone who has been doing this so long as we’ve got, there’s this delicate stability that you simply’re all the time attempting to strike between the spirit and the sonics of a number of the older materials, whereas additionally attempting to push in some new instructions. However I additionally needed the report to sound like Demise Cab – I need us to sound like us,” he mentioned.
“In revisiting a whole lot of the older materials for these reveals,” he added, “it gave me some newfound perspective, or a perspective I hadn’t actually had shortly. I might say, ‘I actually like this tune, perhaps we should always begin enjoying it once more’. Or, ‘Oh, this track has a cool twist in it. Possibly I ought to attempt to do one thing just like that on a brand new track’. It simply allowed me to be slightly extra full-circle when desirous about our catalogue.”
The band will probably be touring the UK and Europe in June, which they are going to conclude at London’s Royal Albert Corridor. You may take a look at the complete checklist of dates beneath and purchase your tickets right here.
JUNE 2023
1 – Milan, Fabrique
2 – Zurich, X-Tra
5 – Copenhagen, Den Grå Hal
6 – Stockholm, Filadelfia
7 – Oslo, Sentrum Scene, Oslo
9 – Berlin, Columbiahalle, Berlin
10 – Tilburg, 13, Tilburg
11 – Amsterdam, Paridiso
12 – Cologne, E-Werk
14 – Antwerp, De Roma
15 – Luxembourgh, Atelier,
16 – Paris, Salle Pleyel
18 – Nottingham, Rock Metropolis
19 – Dublin, Bord Gais Theatre
21 – Birmingham, 02 Institute
22 – Edinburgh, Usher Corridor
23 – Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom
25 – Manchester, Apollo
27 – Brighton, Dome
29 – London, Royal Albert Corridor
