Inter Arma have announced a new covers album, Garbers Days Revisited, coming out July 10th on Relapse Records. The title is a play on the Metallica covers album title "Garage Days Revisited" and the name of their old rehearsal space.
As for the covers they picked, drummer T.J. Childers says it's based on the music that has inspired them over the years:
“Hunter Thompson used to punch out pages of Ernest Hemingway on his typewriter just to get the feeling of what it was like to write that way. The same can be said for anyone learning a great cover song: there’s a lot to be deduced from the information there. Actually learning the songs can lead to inspirational, new musical ideas.”
“Covers have been an integral part of Inter Arma since the beginning of the band and some of these songs have a direct lineage while others are a little more… obscure. As timing would have it, we hope this provides a bit of an escape for listeners, given the surreal circumstances we’re in at the moment, because after all, great art should provide an escape which is part of why we chose to do this: sometimes you just wanna be runnin’ down a dream…”
The first single they released is a cover of Neil Young's "Southern Man," and it sounds great:
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As for why they picked this song, the band comments “Inter Arma as a whole are massive Neil Young fans. ‘Southern Man’‘has been a staple of our live set for over a decade and we finally got around to putting it to tape. We hope you enjoy our spin on this timeless and still extremely relevant song.”
Tracklist is below. Pre-order here.
1 – “Scarecrow” (Ministry cover)
2 – “Southern Man” (Neil Young cover)
3 – “Hard Times” (Cro-Mags cover)
4 – “March Of The Pigs” (Nine Inch Nails cover)
5 – “The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill” (Hüsker Dü cover)
6 – “In League With Satan” (Venom cover)
7 – “Runnin Down A Dream” (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers cover)
8 – “Purple Rain” (Prince cover)
[via ThePRP]
