Not unlike the last couple of Silver Jews releases, I’ve been giving a pre-release of their latest, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea heavy rotation in hopes that it will grow on me (thanks DaveE!). In the midst of the first spin, I was surprised and stoked to find that one of the tracks is a cover of one of my favorite artist’s songs, Maher Shalal Hash Baz’s, Open Field from Blues Du Jour.

Oddly enough, I was also in the middle of adding to a list of questions I’ve been working on for a future interview/post when it played. I love that shit.

Here’s the original, and it’s cover…
PS. Does anyone know the name of the artist that did the (possible) cover?

Maher Shalal Hash Baz: Open Field (1.3mb, mp3.zip, MF)
Silver Jews: Open Field (4.9mb, mp3.zip, MF)

Maher Shalal Hash Baz: Acetone Interview / Bookmat review of Blues Du Jour
Silver Jews: Drag City / Pitchfork: David Berman interview

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