Daniel Merriweather “In For The Kill (La Roux Cover)”
On previous cover songs, Daniel Merriweather stuck with old favorites from The Smiths and Paul McCartney and turned them into winning, soul-toned addictions. It turns out he can be as equally impressive when he averts his attention to pop songs more current, as proven by his latest remake, a classy, blue-eyed-textured re-imagining of the La Roux single “In For The Kill”.
Merriweather’s take expertly smooths away the new wave-y bop of the original for another retro-baked arrangement that shades his vocal in tickles of meandering piano, a light 60′s soul groove and dramatic orchestral flourishes.
And his vocal performance? Despite his occasional detours into show-y talent show theatrics, Daniel is no doubt a solid soul crooner, and he doesn’t disappoint here, complimenting “Kill”‘s lyric with a fitting emotional resonance that wasn’t quite achieved in the sometimes hard-to-decipher, via-crummy-telephone-connection-like pipes of Roux’ Elly Jackson.
An ace rendition.
Thanks for the link…however, it won’t play.
This version sounds great, please could you up some working links.
Thanks