Cali-Brooklyn dream poppers BETS are really Betsey Hershey with an all female support cast. Her/their inaugural LP stirred up quite a lot of buzz last year, Nylon calling it, “the kind of music we want to spend an afternoon daydreaming to.”
Happy accidents will happen. And whilst in the studio working on a follow up album, a “side project” saw her covering the Violet Femmes’ self-titled 1983 debut in…its…entirety.
She enlightens, “Aside from the fact that I love the Violent Femmes so much, one of the main reasons I chose to do this album was because my voice is so different from the content of the lyrics. I also relate so much to the words and feelings; singing ‘Blister in the Sun’ was an instant high. But there isn’t a bad song on the album.”
Here BlackBook exclusively premieres BETS’ haunting but utterly absorbing cover of the Femmes’ “Blister in the Sun,” with Hershey’s ethereal vocal delivery (think: Hope Sandoval, singing with The Jesus & Mary Chain) stunningly reinventing the jittery classic. The full album will be out January 27.
Get exclusive editorial and updates from BlackBook right in your inbox. Sign up for our newsletter.
Read Next
This is Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize 'Speech'
Read Article
Latest in Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture
Synthy New Sofie Royer Single ‘Baker Miller Pink’ Wants to Sooth Our Savage Beast
Arts & Culture
Trailer: Alan Cumming Takes on Peculiar Roll in Startling New Doc ‘My Old School’
Arts & Culture
Fierce New Petrol Girls Single ‘Preachers’ Confronts the Culture of Toxic Divisiveness
Arts & Culture
Vito Schnabel St. Moritz Exhibits Caitlin Lonegan’s Vibrant Abstractions
Arts & Culture
Juneteenth: New Santigold Single ‘Ain’t Ready’ is an Anthem of Self-Determination
Arts & Culture
Preview: A Monumental Diego Rivera Survey Will Open at SFMOMA in July
Arts & Culture
New FKA twigs Single ‘killer’ Reminds of the Perils of Loving For Real
Arts & Culture