Check out Primal Scream’s glam-inspired cover of Lana Del Rey’s ‘Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’

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Primal Scream have shared a cover of the Lana Del Rey track ‘Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’. Check it out below.Bobby Gillespie and co.

put their own dance-rock spin on the title track from Del Rey’s 2023 album as part of a new appearance on Jo Whiley’s BBC Radio show, Couch Sessions.The slot came in celebration of their recently released album, ‘Come Ahead’, which arrived last week and marked their first album in eight years – following on from 2016’s ‘Chaosmosis’.During the live-in-studio performance, the band played five tracks, opening with ‘Love Insurrection’ the lead single from the new record.

From there, they broke out their classic hits ‘Movin’ On Up’, ‘Rocks’ and a cover of the Bruce Reitherman, Louis Prima, and Phil Harris song ‘I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)’.It was at the end of the set, however, when the band brought out an intriguing cover of the 2023 Lana Del Rey song to close out the appearance.

During the rendition, Primal Scream put a slight glam-rock tint on the original track, and enlisted some gospel-inspired backing singers to help with those high notes.A post shared by BBC Radio 2 (@bbcradio2)Listen to the full appearance here, or check out the cover of ‘Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’ above.Around the time of its release last week, NME gave Primal Scream’s 11th studio album a glowing four-star review.