This will give a warmer feeling for a Monday morning. Philadelphian rockers The Districts, released a moving cover of “Lover Lover Lover” by Leonard Cohen, from his 1974 album New Skin for the Old Ceremony. “Lover Lover Lover” gets a worthy re-imagining thanks to The Districts. The folksy-pop of the original is gone, instead replaced by a swelling rock sound made all the more heart-wrenching by Rob Grotes vocals.
In its original form, the song is a swinging and cinematic bit of European folk-pop vaguely reminiscent of Serge Gainsbourg. The Districts, of course, District-i-fied it with a dynamic rise and fall from an aching open to an explosive fireworks finale of loud guitars and powerful rhythms.
Recorded one of our favorite Leonard Cohen songs.
Recorded at Kawari Sound
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