Uncovered Cover: Atlas Sound covers Bob Dylan




"This Wheel's On Fire" has been covered so many times but not without good reason. The original appeared on Bob Dylan's and The Band's 1975 The Basement Tapes, Dylan drawling lazily over a strutting bass line. (If you like far-out post-punk, I wholeheartedly recommend Siouxsie & The Banshees' version.) Atlas Sound throws the beat a little off kilter, distorts the lyrics, and obscures the tune in a rueful haze. Bradford Cox's vocals fade in and out, swell and then jumble together, reverberate. You can download the whole album (The Bedroom Databank Vol. 1) for free on the Deerhunter blog. The Bedroom Databank Volumes 1-4 aren't necessarily cohesive albums but I always enjoy Atlas Sound's groggy psychedelia. Sure, not everything's polished, but it's interesting and weird and free so you really can't complain.


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