New Cover Song: “Ode to Somewhere”

This cover song has an interesting story to it, which is that it’s a song from a video game called “Deathloop.” In the video game, the singer is supposed to have been a huge star but has lately gone kind of venal around the edges, and also there’s a whole time loop thing going on which necessitates the player character needing to kill the singer (and several other people) for, you know, reasons. It all makes sense in the context of the game, and the game itself is a hell of a lot of fun. I absolutely recommend it. The in-game singer may be a jerk, but this song (written and performed by Erich Tabla with Jeff Cummings on vocals) is really good, and in fact was one of my favorite songs of its year, with a real 60s torch-song feel to it. My version is a little more electronic-y and revved up on the drums, because apparently I do that. Nevertheless I think it’s not bad, and I hope you like it. Also, since it’s possible you may not have ever heard this song unless you played the game, if…