Slowthai has delivered his own take on Elliott Smith’s ‘Needle in the Hay’.A largely faithful take on the late musician’s 1995 track, the Apple Music Home Session cover sees the Northampton rapper ditching his typically explosive delivery to instead offer a stripped-back vocal – in keeping with the spirit of Smith’s original.Describing his choice of cover, as well as his performance of his own track ‘adhd’, Slowthai said: “The lyrics to both tracks mean a lot to me.“‘adhd’ because I feel it’s inward-facing and ‘Needle in the Hay’ because that song got me through a lot of down days.”You can listen to the track in full here.It comes after Slowthai released his second album ‘Tyron’ last Friday (February 12), which is currently leading the race.
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