Earlier this month, news of Fiona Apple’s forthcoming collaboration with longtime producer/collaborator Jon Brion spread like wildfire across music headlines. Apple and Brion’s cover of “So Sleepy (The Bells)” by a group of kids dubbed the Gummy Bears at LA-based nonprofit 826LA is, after all, the first piece of original music from Apple to reach our ears in years.
Well, we finally have a preview of the charity track: 826LA is offering a 33-second snippet of the song, which features bluegrass troupe the Punch Brothers, as a free download (you’ll need to pledge and/or purchase the album for the full tune).
Read the lyrics, watch Alanis, Alex, and Jason of the Gummy Bears working with the Submarines, and download a sample of Fiona and friends playing “So Sleepy (The Bells)” here.