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Wakey!Wakey!: "Ambling Alp" (Yeasayer Cover, Live Video) Prefix Premiere

11:38 a.m. · March 12, 2010 · by Andrew Winistorfer

"Cobra Den Invitationals" is a new web-performance series wherein the art collective known as Goddamn Cobras picks a band to play a certain song in a certain venue, and then films the performance. For the first episode, the Cobras corralled up-and-coming Brooklyn baroque rockers Wakey!Wakey! into a Williamsburg loft and got them to record a stirring version of Yeasayer's "Ambling Alp." Wakey!Wakey!'s sweeping strings and group chorus expose the folk-song sloganeering of Yeasayer's original, and that final group shout-out has a distinct Arcade Fire vibe. Recasting the synthy-bass line with violins was a great idea -- that part seems decidedly more powerful here. And it's a beautiful video, besides.

The Goddamn Cobras have some high-profile guests lined up for the second episode. Stay tuned. Wakey!Wakey!'s debut album, Almost Everything I Wish I'd Said The Last Time I Saw You is out now.