AWOLNATION Premieres Take A Chance On Me ft. Jewel, a Cover of ABBAโs classic. Better Noise is releasing the compilation today.
AWOLNATION, our sailing teachers, are back today with a new collaborative covers album that is just off-the-rails enough to warn us not to count them out.
My Echo, My Shadow, My Covers & Me, out today on Better Noise, features a motley group of artists, including Beck, Jewel, Rise Against, and Incubus, covering classics like Madonnaโs โMaterial Girl,โ ABBAโs โTake a Chance on Me,โ and Biz Markieโs โJust a Friend.โ
The concept arose from the need to cope with the outbreak of the pandemic and the accompanying lockdowns that disrupted daily life. Each track in the collection features at least one acclaimed artist with whom Bruno has a personal connection, celebrating the collaborative spirit of his artistic community.
The bandleader said in a statement:ย
I know a lot of artists and everybody deals with fear differently, and my way of dealing with it was to never stop moving. And so thatโs why I just started making a covers album instead of feeling too defeated by everything getting shut down. I thought, โWell at least if I stay busy and stay active, Iโll feel productive.โ It also allowed me to be prepared to make original music as well, because the last thing I wanted to do is releaseย Angel Miners โย the fourth AWOL record โ and then just make the fifth one right away. It didnโt feel appropriate. I didnโt feel emotionally capable, because I just said everything I wanted to say on that album, so this was a great palate cleanser for me.
โABBA is incomparable!โ Jewel also mentioned her appearance on AWOLโs cover of โTake a Chance on Me.โ โTheir songs are hook factories, and recutting this song with Bruno was so much fun โ he did all the heavy lifting, and I just had to sing.โ
If you want to get odd, check out the animated video for AWOLNATION and Jewelโs cover of the ABBA hit below, along with the unusual, star-studded tracklist and streaming embeds.
My Echo, My Shadow, My Covers & Me:
1. Beds Are Burning (feat. Tim McIlrath of Rise Against)
2. Eye in the Sky (feat. Beck)
3. Take a Chance on Me (feat. Jewel)
4. Maniac (feat. Conor Mason of Nothing But Thieves)
5. Just a Friend (feat. Hyro The Hero)
6. Material Girl (feat. Taylor Hanson of Hanson)
7. Wind of Change (feat. Brandon Boyd of Incubus & Portugal. The Man)
8. Waiting Room (feat. Grouplove)
9. Drive
10. Flagpole Sitta (feat. Elohim)
11. Alone Again (feat. Midland)
