I find this cover lovely; the vocal is so smoky, fragile, and nuanced. Chan's singing just gets better with age (and sobriety, it seems); since (and including) The Greatest, I think she's become at once both more accessible and subtle.
Anyway, at first glance this seems like a sweet love song. However, given that it's originally a Nick Cave song, I have a hard time not looking for some sort of grotesque catch -- and, um, I think the love object is actually dead? And the song is in memoriam? I dunno, I don't think it's a stretch to understand the song as a gorgeous lament. Maybe Nick was having a good day when he wrote this, though, and it actually is just some old-fashioned love song. But what are the odds?
I find this cover lovely; the vocal is so smoky, fragile, and nuanced. Chan's singing just gets better with age (and sobriety, it seems); since (and including) The Greatest, I think she's become at once both more accessible and subtle.
Anyway, at first glance this seems like a sweet love song. However, given that it's originally a Nick Cave song, I have a hard time not looking for some sort of grotesque catch -- and, um, I think the love object is actually dead? And the song is in memoriam? I dunno, I don't think it's a stretch to understand the song as a gorgeous lament. Maybe Nick was having a good day when he wrote this, though, and it actually is just some old-fashioned love song. But what are the odds?