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Premiere: Alex Bleeker & Evan Brody, “Motor Away” MP3

• story Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

If Guided by Voices’ “Motor Away” was the ’70s GTO of lo-fi driving metaphors, then Alex Bleeker & Evan Brody’s equally scrappy cover is a tandem bicycle. Or maybe a razor scooter? Recorded for an upcoming GBV cover album called Guided by Guided by Voices (cute), the duo translates all of Bob Pollard’s brolic energy into a breezy, laidback stroll—a chiller’s anthem bound by nothing but the Hawaiian shirts on their backs. Trying to imagine Pollard with a tan right now is pretty funny. Even funnier is how a song originally recorded in 1995 could be so relevant now—guess that band had influence, huh?

Download: Alex Bleeker & Evan Brody, “Motor Away”

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• posted on Jul 8, 2010 in MP3 / STREAMS
• tags Alex Bleeker, Alex Bleeker & the Freaks, Evan Brody, Family Portrait, Guided by Voices, rock