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Thurston Moore & Bonner Kramer Cover Joy Division's 'Insight'
Thurston Moore and Bonner Kramer have released a cover of Joy Division's 1979 'Insight' as the closing track of their new improvisational album They Came Like Swallows - Seven Requiems For The Children Of Gaza. Their version is hushed and reverent, slowing the song and allowing its sadness to breathe, with both artists singing together in whispery unison. The album arrives 1 May on Silver Currents.
Thurston Moore and Bonner Kramer have released a cover of Joy Division's 1979 classic 'Insight' as the closing track of their forthcoming album They Came Like Swallows - Seven Requiems For The Children Of Gaza. Their interpretation is hushed and reverent, slowing the song significantly and allowing the twinkly instrumentation to highlight the emotional weight at its heart, with Moore and Kramer singing together in whispery unison.
Kramer describes 'Insight' in a press release as criminally under-appreciated and singles out Peter Hook's bass playing as one of the song's defining glories. He notes that he had waited decades to cover the song, holding out for the right collaborator to reimagine it with. Moore confirms that the cover emerged naturally from their working partnership — a departure from the improvisations that dominate the album, yet one that sits comfortably within both artists' sensibilities about how light and darkness can unite in transcendent songwriting.
The album arrives 1 May on Silver Currents.
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