Beck Covers Sonic Youth's EVOL on Cassette for Sonic Youth Box Set
Also, collaborative album with Charlotte Gainsbourg on the way
Earlier this year,
Beck and
Sonic Youth released
a split 7" for Record Store Day. SY covered Beck's "Beercan" and Beck had his way with
Sonic Youth's "Green Light". It turns out this isn't going to be the last Sonic Youth cover we'll hear from Beck.
In a recent Pitchfork interview, Beck revealed that the "Green Light" cover will appear on a forthcoming and mysterious Sonic Youth box set, which will include Beck covering SY's entire classic 1986 album
EVOL. On cassette. Yes, cassette.
Beck's been making a habit of covering entire albums lately. As part of his
Record Club project, he's currently in the process of releasing his version of
The Velvet Underground and Nico on his website, one song at a time. He wouldn't let slip any of the other albums he'd covered, but he did say that he and
MGMT came pretty close to doing Ace of Base's
Happy Nation, which would've been incredible.