![]() ‘Lovely Rita’ is given a jarring synth-pop makeover by Canadian duo Tegan and Sara, including barking dog effects a la ‘Hey Bulldog’. The slo-mo robotic auto-tune on ‘When I’m Sixty-Four’ is so mesmerising, you can almost forgive the fact the breezy essence of the original melody has been hijacked. Sarah Barthel from Phantogram’s ethereal vocals complement the nostalgic tinge of the Casio MIDI-backed lyrics. ‘She’s Leaving Home’ is actually quite a beautiful, dreamy composition. As each new verse progresses, the distortion on Cyrus’ vocals swell along with the boom box-like backing and no matter how many times you listen to this breakdown, it’s still uncomfortable on the ears. Between every verse and chorus is an eerie, choral-like organ interlude. The chorus, on the other hand, erupts into a barrage of smothering static-laden strings and beats. Her dreamlike, dead-pan delivery paired against gentle strings pays a good homage to the original arrangement. Lips enthusiast Miley Cyrus sings on ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’, with her vocal performance surprisingly fitting the rest of the album. It’s tongue-in-cheek irony that on ‘A Little Help From My Friends’ they sing “And I’ll try not to sing out of key”, out of key! The opening childlike vocals – a combination of My Morning Jacket and Fever The Ghost – are reminiscent of an early, helium-induced Robert Plant, before they deepen to satanic proportions in the chorus. Fuzzy, distorted guitars, wailing vocals and layered soundscapes are abundant, and although each track is unique, they can be alienating if you’re new to the band’s usual sound assaults.īizarrely, scruffy frontman Wayne Coyne’s already echoey, 60s-style voice is barely put to use on this record. At times, the album sounds like someone’s got hold of the original Beatles record and scratched the shit out of it on the turntable, but then, on some occasions, the weirder the better. Pepper’s, but the colourful, hallucinogenic cartoons complement the similarly trippy music. The cover art looks more Yellow Submarine than Sgt. Reworking the classic album track-by-track with collaborations from Miley Cyrus, Phantogram and Tegan and Sara is definitely an ambitious way to invigorate the 47-year-old track-list, and it pays off… mostly. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band tribute album – with a little help from their friends! Entitled With A Little Help From My Fwends, the experimental Beatles cover album marks the band’s fourteenth studio release. Lavishly psychedelic American rockers The Flaming Lips have released a Sgt.
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