PUP – My Shadow (Jay Reatard Cover)

Toronto punks PUP have released a cover of Jay Reatard “My Shadow.”  The band will produce a brand new album which is set to release spring 2014 on SideOneDummy Records.  The band commented to NME:

“Jay’s name was one that we saw on posters and handbills around Toronto. He’d always be playing a place like The Silver Dollar (one of our favourite clubs in the city). At one particular show a friend’s band was opening, so we went out to support and also got to hear Jay for the first time. There was a raw, visceral energy to his music that is lacking in a lot of contemporary rock music. It’s almost like he knew he didn’t have a lot of time to waste – there’s a sense of desperation that permeates his music and makes it sound like he knew he was going to die – and that he was going to die soon.”

Read the full interview and listen to the cover here.