Will Sturgeon covers Fanfarlo, Grizzly Bear
July 27, 2009
The “YouTube cover” is one of the most overcrowded and typically amateurish forms of musical expression out there, and thus it is a rare occasion when someone makes one that is really worth watching. Will Sturgeon, a 19 year old student from Southern California, has done just that with these superb cover videos. What really makes these stand above the rest is that Will records all the instrumentation / vocals in the song separately, synchs the audio tracks, and edits the video together, making the production quality considerably higher than the typical “sit in front of a web cam with an acoustic guitar” shtick. He also gets a big plus for choosing two of my favorite songs of the year. Here’s the videos. Enjoy!
Fanfarlo – The Walls Are Coming Down
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
Originals:
MP3 Fanfarlo – The Walls Are Coming Down
MP3 Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
You can also watch him and some of his friends playing “White Winter Hymnal” on his youtube page. In addition to these wonderful covers, Will is releasing an digital EP on August 24th. I’ve listened to a couple samples and it’s pretty good stuff. Take a listen:
MP3 Unfinished Thoughts of the Underbrush
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I absolutly love it!
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July 27th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
the glances and smiles at the camera made me cringe but, for a youtube cover, those were quite impressive. not easy songs to attempt.
reminds me of what ben cooper of radical face did with a few of his songs last year, except ben did it in a slightly more interesting place…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaz-wqbWh6Y
July 27th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
ack. i mean, electric president… not radical face. oops.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Okay, that was rad. Thanks for sharing.
July 28th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Ahhh thanks Taylor! It’s quite flattering to have a feature on my favorite music blog, so thanks so much!
Also, for those interested, my new EP is live on Amazon MP3, you can find it here: http://www.amazon.com/Geo-EP/dp/B002HM9N0M/
again, this is awesome, I’m ecstatic.
-Will
July 28th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Whoa! Why doesn’t Sturgeon have more views than this? He kicks a surprising amount of ass…I’ll get the EP.
July 28th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
I.LOVE.THIS.GUY. Let’s get him on the U.