The recent resurgence of the Lemonheads has been an unexpected and pleasant surprise, and Evan Dando is releasing a cover album to bridge the time gap until his next original set, which is due some time in 2009. Vershons, due out September 13 from Vagrant Records, finds Dando and an as yet unnamed backing group tackling a wide variety of music, ranging from his alt-country idols Gram Parsons and Townes Van Zandt to more esoteric fare by the likes of G.G. Allin, Fuckemos, and Randy Alvey and the Green Fuz. The full track listing is as follows:

I Just Can't Take It Anymore (Gram Parsons)
Fragile (Wire)
Layin' Up With Linda (G.G. Allin)
Waiting Around To Die (Townes Van Zandt)
The Green Fuz (Randy Alvey and The Green Fuz)
Yesterlove (Sam Gopal)
Dirty Robot (Arling and Cameron)
New Mexico (Fuckemos)
Dandelion Seeds (July)
Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye (Leonard Cohen)
Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)

While any Lemonheads is good Lemonheads in my book, if the Olympics had a medal for unintentional hilarity, something tells me the “Beautiful” cover would win it. [Aversion]