for whatever reason, i’ve heard a lot of artists covering this song lately (st. vincent, tallest man on earth.. for instance), and rightly so.  memoryhouse pretty much does the job with this one.  so so good.    

these days//st. vincent

in case you missed it, here’s the tallest man on earth//these days video

memoryhouse:

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This was the first song Denise and I ever recorded together, about three or four months before memoryhouse became a dedicated project. It was a spontaneous recording done really late at night, but it had this indelible nervous energy that gave Denise’s voice that extra hint of vulnerability that underpins Browne’s yearning, despondent lyrics so well. These Days ended up being a thesis of sorts for us, whose lyrical themes would go on to figure heavily in our first song, Lately.