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Posted in music on October 31, 2012
by Andrew Sacher
Heliotropes at Cake Shop earlier this month (more by Amanda Hatfield)
As tends to happen around Halloween, we've been getting a handful of thematically appropriate cover songs surfacing today, and this one comes from Heliotropes, who offer their take on "I Walked With A Zombie" by Roky Erickson and the Aliens. They speed up the tempo, but it's otherwise a pretty straightforward take on Roky's swaggering original, and a real enjoyable one at that. Have a listen for yourself below, where you'll also find the song's cover art, designed by Steve Manale (who also did the Scott Pilgrim comic book).
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Heliotropes - "I Walked With A Zombie" (Roky Erickson & the Aliens Cover)
Roky Erickson is touring and will be in NYC soon.
In other Heliotropes news, NYC Taper just posted his recording of their set from his non-CMJ day party at Cake Shop which you can download at his site.
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Posted by Anonymous | October 31, 2012 10:00 PM
deap valley needs to be sacrificed
Posted by games | October 31, 2012 10:27 PM
Heliotropes > Deap Valley. Also proves that Brooklyn > LA.
Posted by Anonymous | November 1, 2012 3:43 AM
Great cover.
Posted by Anonymous | November 1, 2012 6:26 AM
They covered Nirvana at our non-CMJ show, and its the last song on the recording.
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