Listen to Courtney Love and Hole’s Melissa Auf der Maur teaming up with 070 Shake to cover Tim Buckley’s ‘Song to the Siren’

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Hole‘s Courtney Love and Melissa Auf der Maur have reunited on 070 Shake‘s new cover of Tim Buckley‘s ‘Song to the Siren’. Check it out below.It follows the former Hole members revealing they had been in the studio together for the first time in over two decades, earlier this year.The cover comes from 070 Shake’s new album ‘Petrichor‘, and marks the latest rendition of the iconic track.

Previously, the likes of Robert Plant, Sinéad O’Connor, Wolf Alice, Bryan Ferry, Third Eye Blind and George Michael have released versions of the 1970 hit, and earlier this year, Massive Attack covered the track alongside Elizabeth Fraser during their first live show in five years.The experimental version of ‘Song To The Siren’ features haunting harmonies from the three vocalists.

You can check it out below.Auf Der Maur joined the band in 1994 following the death of bassist Kristen Pfaff, and remained for five years, recording the 1998 album ‘Celebrity Skin’.Recent years have seen growing speculation about a potential Hole reunion, which Love further reignited in February when she told a crowd in London that she would be returning with the band “later”.During a surprise performance with Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong, which included performances of ‘He’s A Whore’ and ‘Surrender’ by Cheap Trick and ‘Even The Losers’ by Tom Petty, she said: “Later… I’ll be back in Hole”.Love and Auf der Maur did appear on stage together in October 2018 in Hudson, New York, playing Hole songs ‘Doll Parts’, ‘Miss World’ and ‘Softer Softest’.In 2019, Love entertained the idea of getting the band back together full-time during an interview with The Guardian, telling the outlet: “We are definitely talking about it.