Watch Black Country, New Road cover Billie Eilish’s ‘Happier Than Ever’
nme.comBlack Country, New Road have covered Billie Eilish‘s song ‘Happier Than Ever’ during a recent show on their current US tour.The rock band performed the track — the title track from Eilish’s 2021 album — at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom yesterday (September 5), adding new elements to the part-sombre, part-thunderous rendition.BCNR violinist Georgia Ellery introduces classical strings to the lullaby-like intro, before drummer Charlie Wayne belts out the song’s punk-pop latter half, with vocal assists from the rest of the band as they mosh on stage.
The cover elsewhere enlists keys from May Kershaw and saxophone riffs courtesy of Lewis Evans. Watch that below:BCNR’s cover adds to a similar name check of the pop star within the lyrics of their song ‘Good Will Hunting’.
Referencing Eilish on the chorus of the track, which was released as part of the band’s 2022 album ‘Ants from Up There’, former vocalist Isaac Wood sings: “She had Billie Eilish style / Moving to Berlin for a little while”.Black Country, New Road are currently on tour in US, performing all-new tracks not heard on ‘Ants from Up There’.
The tour completed its European and UK legs earlier this month, with a final performance at Into The Great Wide Open Festival in the Netherlands.BCNR’s decision to perform brand new songs during the tour came in the wake of Wood’s departure from the band in January of this year.
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