Laibach have unveiled a placing cowl of Foreigner’s ballad “I Need to Know What Love Is.”
The economic vets have had a knack for re-interpretations recently, just lately taking up the Billie Holliday normal “Unusual Fruit” and the holiday-appropriate “White Christmas.”
Like they did with these variations, Laibach re-imagine “I Need to Know What Love Is” in their very own model. Minimal digital instrumentation floats within the background because the deep and rounded voice of Milan Fras recites the track’s lyrics in an virtually spoken-word model. The band retains the romantic overtures and sweeping association of the unique, constructing the muted backing music into flourishing swells as backing singer Marina Mårtensson rises within the combine.
The duvet is being launched as a digital single (alongside two alternate mixes) after changing into one thing of an oddity throughout Laibach’s dwell performances. Billed within the band’s press launch as the primary “Laibach-a-long,” the quilt has bewildered audiences whereas additionally main them to sing alongside to the FM basic rock staple, with fan footage making the rounds on social media. The phenomenon is depicted within the accompanying efficiency video.
The track will certainly be within the setlist for Laibach’s forthcoming European tour kicking off in February (get tickets right here), together with picks from their seminal 1987 LP Opus Dei, which got here in at No. 6 on our checklist of the 50 greatest industrial albums of all-time. This previous December, the group launched a re-recording of the album entitled Opus Dei Revisited.
Beneath you may watch the video for Laibach’s cowl of Foreigner’s “I Need to Know What Love Is.”
“I Need to Know What Love Is” Paintings:
“I Need to Know What Love Is” Tracklist:
01. I Need to Know What Love Is
02. I Need to Know What Love Is (Prolonged Combine)
03. I Need to Know What Love Is (Distorted Love Combine)