Will Oldham, Tortoise Collaborate on Covers Album
From Pitchfork:
Will Oldham is collaborating his beard off these days: Fresh off the success of his Superwolf venture with ChaveZwan alum Matt Sweeney, he’s laid down a series of cover songs with Chicago post-rockers Tortoise. Initially concieved as a half-joke between Overcoat Recordings owner Howard Greynolds and Oldham, the record has ballooned into a full-on but unnamed collaboration, featuring 10 cuts from artists as disparate as Elton John and Lungfish.
“On one level, it sounds like a cross between Tortoise and Will Oldham,” Tortoise bassist Doug McCombs told the Chicago Reader. “But ultimately it sounds like a collaboration between six people, not just a group and one guy.”
Set for an October release via Overcoat, the involved parties are also rumoured to be embarking on a tour, but that’s still in pipe-dream stage. Of course, we’ll keep you updated as soon as it makes the jump to wet-dream, but for now all we can do is give you a neat lil’ list of the tracks the indie stalwarts have recorded:
* Daniel (Elton John)
* The Calvary Cross (Richard Thompson)
* That’s Pep! (Devo)
* It’s Expected I’m Gone (the Minutemen)
* Cravo e Canela (Milton Nascimento)
* Some Say (I Got Devil) (Melanie)
* Pancho (Dan Williams)
* Love Is Love (Lungfish)
* On My Own (Quix*o*tic)
