Tones And I covers Gang Of Youths’ ‘Achilles Come Down’ with a full choir and string part

Tones And I (aka Toni Watson) has turn into the fourth artist to cowl Gang Of Youths for triple j’s Like A Model collection, placing an ethereal spin on their deep minimize ‘Achilles Come Down’.

It was the Australian pop star’s second look on the section, following her cover of ‘Forever Young’ by Alphaville in 2019 (Milky Probability additionally covered her smash-hit ‘Dance Monkey’ again in 2020). For her tackle ‘Achilles’, Watson carried out alongside a drummer, synthesist, marimbist and pianist, in addition to a five-piece string part and 37-member orchestra.

In an interview accompanying the quilt, Watson defined that she selected to cowl the track earlier than she’d even listened to it in its entirety. “I struggled to seek out many songs that actually resonated [with me] and have been [by] Aussies,” she mentioned, “so I began wanting by Gang Of Youths’ songs. And after I’d already despatched this track off and determined to cowl it, I then noticed that it went for seven minutes and had extra lyrics than in all probability any track I’ve ever seen in my life.”

Take a look at Watson’s cowl – in addition to the complete post-performance interview –  beneath:

‘Achilles Come Down’ was initially featured on Gang Of Youths’ second album, 2017’s ‘Go Farther In Lightness’. Additionally featured on the album are the songs ‘What Can I Do If The Hearth Goes Out?’ and ‘The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows’, each of which have additionally been coated for Like A Model – the former by Nothing However Thieves in 2018, and the latter by Gretta Ray final July. Their track ‘Magnolia’, too, was covered by Odette in 2018.

As is typical for the section, Watson’s efficiency additionally included one in all her personal songs. She swung for her newest single, ‘Charlie’, which arrived again in August and is predicted to look on her forthcoming second album. Take a look at her efficiency of that track – additionally accompanied by the choir, however not the string part – beneath:

Gang Of Youths additionally coated a track for Like A Model earlier this yr, placing their spin on ‘Why Does It At all times Rain On Me?’ by Travis.

In the meantime, Watson’s third album is scheduled to reach someday within the new yr. Previous to releasing ‘Charlie’, she linked up with Macklemore for ‘Chant’ again in July, and dropped the solo observe ‘Eyes Don’t Lie’ in March.