Song of the Day: Ruby Weapon – Two Weeks (Grizzly Bear)
admin on Feb 12th 2009
Ruby Weapon – Two Weeks (Grizzly Bear cover)
This song may just save your day. It surfaced on the net as the soundtrack to a slideshow of party pictures on YouTube. I extracted the audio and haven’t been able to stop listening to it since – it’s mesmeric. From what I can gather, it’s by a virtual unknown going by the name of Ruby Weapon, who has uploaded a batch of Animal Collective/Panda bear cover versions, but there’s little else in the way of information. Which is too bad, because I’m absolutely smitten with this. Best thing I’ve heard all week.
A few hours ago we had about 45 minutes to film and edit a little ‘about me’ segment, which was hastily put together…but with this song. I will take it down shortly, out of embarrassment, but for now – rare footage of me:
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[...] Yesterday’s discovery definitely has another song of the day in him. An acoustic rendition of Panda Bear’s Bros as well as a beautiful take on Animal Collective’s My Girls from the newly released Merriweather Post Pavillion (below). Such magic is hard to come by. [...]
Hey thanks for the kind words. Just to be clear my name is David Burr and i’m actually from NC– but that Aussie comment actually made me and my friend chuckle.
[...] discovering a cover of Rainwater Cassette Exchange. Like the other mysterious YouTube renditions of Two Weeks I posted in February, this guy has also covered Animal Collective and Panda Bear – as well as Beach [...]