The Nick Drake tribute album is to be released on July 7th.
Two more tracks from The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs Of Nick Drake are streaming online.
After Fontaines D.C.’s version of Cello Song was premiered last month, Mike Lindsay and Guy Garvey have teamed up on Saturday Sun, joined on a special double A-side 7″ single by Katherine Priddy’s take of I Think They’re Leaving Me Behind.
“Saturday Sun soundtracked those warm melancholic moments in the morning, after the night before,” Lindsay has said.
Every time I hear the song now, I’m immediately transported to those days. Nick Drake is playing piano on this song and not his usual incredible finger picked guitar. This gives it a certain innocence that gets me every time. I was really lucky to work with Guy on vocals who, beautifully, delivers this sunken nostalgia, and the inspirational Robert Stillman provides the soft sax clusters which respond like a blanket to Guy’s vocals.
“It was a real honour to be asked to be involved in this project,” Priddy added. “Nick Drake’s music has been a constant soundtrack throughout my life and this was a wonderful opportunity to dig deep into a track, rip it apart, piece it back together again and see one of his oldest songs through a new lens.”
“No matter what you do to his songs, his song-writing will always shine through.”
