Photo by Roeg Cohen.
Scout Gillett moved from Kansas City to Brooklyn in 2017 to kickstart her music career. She's spent the past five years cementing herself within New York's overflowing indie rock scene, playing guitar and singing in bands such as Shadow Year while slowly crafting her earliest solo work. Before the release of "one to ten," the slow-burning title track to her debut EP — out tomorrow on Captured tracks — she'd only shared two tracks publicly, both in 2019. Today, on the eve of the tape's release, she's premiering the project's second single, a cover of Broadcast's "Come On Let's Go," with The FADER.
Gillett's new version of Trish Keenan and James Cargill's 2000 classic — styled with no initial caps, as all of Gillett's songs have been thus far — is a faithful rendition, though it trades in the duo's iconic bleeps and whirs for analog instrumentation: drums, bass, and a guitar that alternates between shoegaze chaos and a clean, tempered sound.
“In September 2020, I was asked to do a cover in tribute to the life and legacy of Trish Keenan,” Scout says. “This track in particular really resonated with me since the pandemic was at a peak in NYC. It felt as if everyone had the opportunity then to be really genuine and sacred with who they spent their time with. ‘What's the point in wasting time on people that you’ll never know? Come, on let's go.’”
In addition to "come on let's go," the album will comprise covers of Blaze Foley's "Picture Cards Can't Picture You," Ferrante & Teicher's "Midnight Cowboy," and Brenda Lee's "I'm Sorry." "one to ten" is the record's only original song.
“The covers here complement the title track," Scout explains. "one to ten is a peek into my roots and inspiration up until this point in my life. I leaned into the diversity of my influences, classics that I grew up with and wanted to share with my own spin.”
Watch Scout Gillett's self-directed video for "come on let's go" below.