We love a good cover song. Hearing an artist’s take on something you already know (and possibly love) is always interesting, especially when the original tune gets turned on its head.
So we were super-excited to check out country singer Sturgill Simpson’s cover of “The Promise” by When In Rome. The song is one of those ’80s one-hit wonders, a synth-driven dance track that put the band on the charts in the latter part of the decade.
In Simpson’s hands, though, it’s transformed into a bittersweet honky-tonk ballad that’s incredibly beautiful, quite moving and completely different from the original.
Simpson’s latest record, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, is out now, and you can catch him on tour this summer.
Photograph of Sturgill Simpson via Loose Records.
—Jenny Yule
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