Dan Mangan released his latest record More or Less last year, and now the Vancouver singer-songwriter has delivered some new material in the form of a cover.
He's revamped R.E.M. classic "Losing My Religion," and the new version appears in the trailer for the CBC/AMC TV series Unspeakable, which he also scored.
"When I was a kid, R.E.M. was a staple in my household," Mangan said in a statement. "I remember air guitaring to this song with my brother and sister. It was such a massive hit but also so unlikely a candidate to be so. The chorus isn't really a chorus. It's long. It's repetitive. It's like a hypnotic cyclical trance of words that stick with you even if you have no idea what they're about."
He added, "I really wanted to try and approach it from a new angle. There's no point in attempting to sing like Michael Stipe — there is only one Michael Stipe. So I tried my best to let it live in a new light while paying homage to the original."
Listen to Mangan's reimagining of "Losing My Religion" below.
See his upcoming Canadian tour dates here.
He's revamped R.E.M. classic "Losing My Religion," and the new version appears in the trailer for the CBC/AMC TV series Unspeakable, which he also scored.
"When I was a kid, R.E.M. was a staple in my household," Mangan said in a statement. "I remember air guitaring to this song with my brother and sister. It was such a massive hit but also so unlikely a candidate to be so. The chorus isn't really a chorus. It's long. It's repetitive. It's like a hypnotic cyclical trance of words that stick with you even if you have no idea what they're about."
He added, "I really wanted to try and approach it from a new angle. There's no point in attempting to sing like Michael Stipe — there is only one Michael Stipe. So I tried my best to let it live in a new light while paying homage to the original."
Listen to Mangan's reimagining of "Losing My Religion" below.
See his upcoming Canadian tour dates here.
