11 years and 100 releases later, venerable indie label Secretly Canadian is still going strong. And what better way to celebrate itself than to...well...celebrate itself. What the hell does that mean? It means the label is releasing an album of Secretly Canadian bands covering songs by other Secretly Canadian bands. Artists of interest included will be Danielson, Jens Lenkman, Nikki Sudden, Damien Jurado, and Songs: Ohia. The comp hits store shelves April 10th. Full track list after the jump...- See(ing) Double - Nikki Sudden (covering a June Panic song from the album Baby's Breadth)
- The Last Bandit - Songs:Ohia (covering a Nikki Sudden song from the album Texas)
- Structure:Necessity - Suzanne Langille (covering a Songs:Ohia song from the album Impala)
- The Escape - Early Day Miners (covering a Suzanne Langille & Loren MazzaCane Connors song from The Enchanted Forest)
- Upstate - Damien Jurado (covering an Early Day Miners song from the lp version of Let Us Garlands Bring)
- Abilene - Dave Fischoff (covering a Damien Jurado song from Where Shall You Take Me?)
- Propaganda For A Comic Strip - Danielson (covering a Dave Fischoff song from The Ox And The Rainbow)
- Fruitful Weekend - June Panic (covering a Danielson song from Tri-Danielson!!!(Omega))
- Soft Eventings - Ativin (covering a Marmoset song from the ep Mishawaka)
- Lungs For The Race - Swearing At Motorists (covering a Havergal song from Lungs For The Race)
- Riding And Roaming - Havergal (covering an Ativin song from the ep Summing The Approach)
- The Real Thing - Racebannon (covering at Swearing At Motorists song from This Flag Signals Goodbye)
- Clubber Lang - Cornelius Boots (covering a Racebannon song from In The Grips Of The Light)
- Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death - Jens Lekman (covering a Scout Niblett song from I Am)
- Sky Phenomenon - Marmoset (covering a Jens Lekman song from the ep Maple Leaves)
- 40 Years Of Our Family - The Impossible Shapes (covering a Japonize Elephants song from Bob's Bacon Barn)
- Birds - The Panoply Academy (covering an Impossible Shapes song from We Like It Wild)
- Highlight And Marginalia - The Japonize Elephants (covering a Panoply Academy song from No Dead Time)
I like this idea. Go SC!