Acoustic EP
GWAR Unveil Video for Acoustic “F**k” This Place”: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-02T16:28:11+00:00“>May 2, 2021 | 12:28pm ET GWAR have unveiled a music video for their acoustic version of “F**k This Place”, which they had recently released as the first single from their forthcoming unplugged EP, The Disc With No Name. The song, which expresses the intergalactic barbarians’ contempt for the human race, originally appeared on GWAR’s most recent studio album, The Blood of Gods. Here, they strip it down, allowing fans to truly connect with lines like, “Out of time/ We were banished here/ For our crimes/ Incarcerated on this ball of slime/ Primeval wasteland.” A press release reads, “Today, your Lords and Masters are as thrilled as David Crosby scoring an eight-ba...
Haley Williams Shares Stripped-Down Version of “Simmer” from New Acoustic EP: Stream
Hayley Williams is following up one of our favorite albums of 2020, her debut solo record Petals for Armor, with a new three-song EP called Petals for Armor: Self-Serenades. Today the Paramore singer is previewing the effort with an acoustic rendition of one of the year’s best songs, “Simmer”. The original take on the track features all sorts of cool percussion and layered vocal harmonies, but this stripped-back version is pretty much the complete opposite. The extremely stark performance contains just light guitar plucks and Williams’ whispery croon, which builds nicely toward the end but never raises to a genuine belt. In fact, it’s so quiet that Williams’ dog Alf even made an accidental guest appearance on the recording. “If you listen closely you can hear Alf sigh dramatically in the o...
