EMA (aka Erika Anderson) has shared a dizzying cover of Modest Mouse’s 1997 track ‘Trailer Trash’.She puts an emotive spin on the tune – which first appeared on the band’s second album, ‘The Lonesome Crowded West’ – by trading its scratchy, straightforward guitar riffs with chimey, melancholic piano chords stacked spatially under Anderson’s warm, droning vocal.Have a listen to the cover below, then compare it to the Modest Mouse version.Anderson’s new take on ‘Trailer Trash’ is the second track shared from ‘Covers On Covers’, a compilation of tributes released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Under The Radar.
It follows Granddaddy’s cover of ‘Blindness’ by Metric, which came out earlier this week.On why she chose to tackle the Modest.
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