Black and Brown Blues

I saw the singer of Herman Dune warming up for, and performing with, Julie Doiron last Fall and for once I actually benefited from showing up unnecessarily early to shows . His set was a good mixture of accent-heavy lyrics, Swedish (?) ESL stage banter, ukulele and silly/sappy ballads. The full band seems to consist of three Herman Dune Brothers and a bunch of guests (including Julie Doiron), and the new album Not on Top is being released on April 18 on Track and Field Records. Fluxblog recently posted the MP3 for the title track and I’ve been listening to it constantly. If I can find it, I'm hoping to pick up the album next time I’m at the record store.

Anyway, the track below is one of the many awesome MP3s on the Herman Dune website and is Herman Dune lead singer David-Ivar doing a kickass cover of the Silver Jews via voice and ukulele accompaniment.

David-Ivar Herman Dune – Black and Brown Blues