Chvrches frontwman Lauren Mayberry has teamed with her IDLES counterpart Joe Talbot for a new rendition of “Sorry, Etc, Etc,” the original of which can be found on her Island solo debut album, Vicious Creature.
“If you know me, you know how much I love IDLES, so it really is an honor to have reinterpreted this song with Joe,” Mayberry says. “We first connected during COVID when I did his Balley TV YouTube series, and have been quietly supportive of each other from the wings since. I messaged Joe last summer about working together and this is the song we decided on. We recorded his vocals in December at Brighton Electric when IDLES had a night off on tour. I re-recorded my (screamier) vocals at home before Christmas with Sam Stewart, and was produced by my friend Paul Gallagher.”
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Talbot enthuses that it was “an honor and a joy to work with Lauren finally. I love the album and I’m happy to be a part of it. Fuck the king, she’s the king.”
Mayberry begins a short U.K. tour March 20 in Glasgow and will be back in North America for a May 24 appearance at the BottleRock Festival in Napa, Ca., plus a warmup show the night before in San Francisco.
Meanwhile, IDLES just announced a run of fall North American shows opening for Deftones, beginning Sept. 8 in Montreal.
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