Daniel Rossen – Too Little, Too Late
A wonderful cover of a terrible song, this hauntingly catchy reinterpretation makes the lifeless, auto-tuned musings of JoJo seem inspired – and that takes some doing. The song itself was recorded by Dan as a surprise for his Grizzly Bear bandmate Ed Droste, after he was begged (with tongue in cheek, I’m hoping) to record his own take on it for nearly a year.
Too hear the original, click below…and prepare to cringe.
[...] There is bound to be a blogger explosion over this track, but it’s too good not to post it. As I keep saying, Grizzly Bear are seeming more and more like a genuine super group these days – and that is only underlined by the quality of this song and the fact that Chris Taylor (GB’s bassist and producer) lent his Midas touch of proceedings. Apparently if you pre-order the DoE album In Ear Park now, you will also get a 7″ of the above track with Dan’s cover of Jojo’s ‘Too Little, Too Late’. [...]