New York, NY (Top40 Charts) On July 31, Amazon
Music will release Amazon Acoustics, a playlist of cover songs and original music from more than 30 artists.
Today, Amazon
Music has shared a new song from Deer Tick called "Grandfather Song." Listen to the song here: https://soundcloud.com/amazon-music/deer-tick-grandfather-song
"'Grandfather Song' was originally a demo for our album Negativity," said John McCauley in an email to Entertainment Weekly. "It didn't wind up on the record, so I decided to revisit it recently and I finished the song in my spare time at home in Nashville."
Recently, Consequence of Sound shared The Districts' cover of
David Bowie's "
Ashes To Ashes" and said "The band's harrowing arrangement makes the recollections of Major Tom possibly even more bleak than Bowie's original, and shows their adoration and respect for the source material."
Pitchfork shared the first song to be released from the playlist, a cover of Outkast's "
Hey Ya" from Surfer Blood.
This afternoon, Amazon
Music will also be launching a unique fan-chosen song premiere. Fans will vote to either hear The Griswolds' cover of Maroon 5's "Sugar," Joshua Radin's cover of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors," or
Peter Matthew Bauer's cover of St. Vincent's "Prince Johnny."
Voting will begin at 3PM ET on 7/28 at facebook.com/amazonmusic, and will run for 24 hours.
Amazon Acoustics will be a playlist available only on Amazon Music—in addition to MP3 download, Prime
Music will be the only streaming service to have the original songs available for unlimited listening.
Partial Track List:
Hey Marseilles - "Absolutes" (original song)
Deer Tick - "Grandfather Song" (original song)
Ron Sexsmith - "Circling
Round The Drain" (original song)
Nick Lowe - "I Read A Lot" (original song)
Peter Matthew Bauer (of the Walkmen) - "Prince Johnny" (St.
Vincent cover)
Hamilton Leithauser (of the Walkmen) - "
Astronaut" (Beach House cover)
The Districts - "Ashes to Ashes" (David Bowie cover)
Jessie Baylin - "He Needs Me" (written by
Harry Nilsson for the soundtrack to "Popeye", and originally performed by
Shelley Duvall and
Robin Williams)
