Outer Battery (2024)
The Foreign Correspondents are a group made up of various indie rock luminaries. We've got Ted Leo from Chisel and /Pharmacists, Brendan Canty from Fugazi, Michael Hampton from Fake Names and Sohrab Habibion from The Obits. They got together to cover a couple of songs from Michel Pagliaro, an artist that I'm not familiar with, but was primarily active during the 70s. They released this 7" with four different covers on four different colors of vinyl and in another time of my life I would have absolutely bought all four. These days, I'm trying to be better about that sort of thing, so I just picked out the one I liked best.
I have no real context for the original versions of these songs and how the two covers on this 7" compare, but I can tell you that I really like both songs. Ted Leo takes vocals on both of them and we start off with the A side, "Lovin' You Ain't Easy."This song has a decidedly Pharmacists feel to it, with shimmering, jangly guitar work, upbeat bass lines and a catchy chorus with singalong backing vocals.
On the B side we have "We're Dancin' 'Til It Blows Over." This one has a bit more of a glammy feel to it, with fuzzy, 70s style guitar riffs. I can't say I like it quite as much as the A side, but it's still a solid song and it takes advantage of Ted's vocal range. It's definitely a fun 7" overall and I think my lack of familiarity with the source material actually makes it more enjoyable for me. For me, it's just two news songs put together by artists with a real track record for putting out good stuff.
The Foreign Correspondents - Lovin' You Ain't Easy:
https://theforeigncorrespondentsdc.bandcamp.com/album/lovin-you-aint-easy
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