Though I haven’t mentioned the A.V. Club’s Undercover project since Ben Folds’ moving rendition of Elliott Smith’s “Say Yes,” a number of notable covers have gone down in the Onion’s odd little circular performance space since then — namely, Frightened Rabbit’s Lemonheads cover and a beautiful, ukulele-backed take on Journey’s “Faithfully” by Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide. Thanks to Slicing Up Eyeballs, however, I won’t be late to the party for the latest edition: Superchunk covering 1985 the Cure single, “In Between Days.”
Technically, Mac McCaughan and co. could have chosen to revamp their very own song, as 1995’s “Detroit Has A Skyline” is still up for grabs, but they opted instead to inject this new wave hit with a healthy dose of power-pop. The intro to this vid isn’t a confidence-builder for the performance to follow, but when guitarist Jim Wilbur cuts in you’ll know they’re about to kill it. Hear the Cure’s original version here and watch Superchunk’s above. [Permalink]