David Bazan Unravels Now, Now's 'Thread'
David Bazan brings the downcast indie-rock banger to its raging crisis. In the process, he resurrects the sonic sphere of Pedro the Lion.
The same words are sung, but the intonation feels like a new language. That's the hope of a great cover song, so that it has its own movement and color. has proven himself an understated interpreter with a distinct bent towards desperate intensity, from his early covers of ("") and ("") to more recent songs, like 's "" and ' "." He likes to take on forebears and contemporaries, artists with whom his own music carries a conversation. This is why David Bazan's version of "Thread" by feels something like a renewal.
