Suede’s Brett Anderson duets with Nadine Shah on expansive cover of Mercury Rev’s ‘Holes’

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Suede’s Brett Anderson has teamed up with Nadine Shah for a moving version of Mercury Rev’s ‘Holes’ – check it out below.The collaboration has come about as part of a project led by Paraorchestra, and their founder and artistic director Charles Hazlewood, who have put together the album ‘Death Songbook’.The 12-track record features original compositions and new versions of “iconic songs exploring love, loss and transcendence” by artists including Depeche Mode, Suede and Japan.Watch Anderson and Shah’s live performance of ‘Holes’ here:‘Death Songbook’ will be released on April 19 via BMG, and you can pre-order it here.There will also be two live performances of songs from the album, at London’s Roundhouse on April 24, with Shah and Gwenno joining Anderson and Paraorchestra.

Gwenno will also join them at Manchester’s Factory International on April 26. Any remaining tickets can be found here.Anderson and Shah have performed ‘Holes’ together before, as part of a previous collaboration with Paraorchestra in January 2021 at Cardiff’s Millennium Centre.Speaking about ‘Holes’, Anderson has said: “There’s this sense of regret about it that resonated with me.

That line about “holes, dug by little moles”, there’s something so sad and childlike about that.”Shah added: “I hope people get as much out of ‘Holes’ as I have singing it and I look forward to performing it with my talented friends at one of my favourite venues, the Roundhouse.“I’ve worked with Paraorchestra on a few occasions now, one on the hottest day imaginable at Glastonbury.

Their talent is insurmountable and I love to sing with them. I’m a great admirer of both Brett Anderson and Charles Hazlewood so an opportunity to do this all again on ‘Death Songbook’ was one I.