“ST VINCENT OFFERS AN INSPIRED TAKE ON SAD BUT TRUE”
ENTER SANDMAN
BY GHOST
Ghost’s take on Sandman seems to be “What would we have done if we’d written this song?” They boldly scrap the entire intro, instead performing the opening verse and chorus with just piano and vocal. They’ve reharmonised these sections, adding chords that appear nowhere in the original, so the melody takes on a new aspect. From verse two, the band kicks into a more faithful cover, but even then there are new chords in the pre-chorus. Whichever Nameless Ghoul delivered the guitar solo should take a bow, too, because we momentarily forgot Kirk Hammett’s altogether.
BY JUANES
While Mac DeMarco and Weezer offer largely by-the-numbers renditions of Enter Sandman,
