and the ripped ones say goodbye – Adem

I only recently discovered Adem because of the small hype around his new covers album “Take”. I went back and listened to his other albums and have fallen in love with his debut album, ”Homesongs”, which was released in 2004. The music is quite unique, with an acoustic back bone, but topped off with autoharp, double bass and other instruments. He covers many artists on “Take” including Bjork, Pinback, PJ Harvey, Aphex Twin, Yo La Tengo and The Smashing Pumpkins, and in my opinion, does a damn good job of it. I’m going to have to throw in the “they sound like a chilled out Tunng” comparison, because they DO! One of my favourite songs on “Take” is the Aphex Twin cover of “To Cure A Weakling Child + Boy/Girl Song “, it starts off slow and over the course of the song, builds up to an epic ending repeating the only line in the song, “My Feet, my arms and my ears, and you feet”. Enjoy!

Adem- To Cure A Weakling Child + Boy/Girl Song (Aphex Twin Cover)

Adem- Loro (Pinback Cover)

buy the album here

also check out his video of the song “Ringing in my ear” off the album “Homesongs”