The Vaccines / R. Stevie Moore Team Up

For Record Store Day

The Vaccines and R. Stevie Moore are set to pair off, especially for Record Store Day.

You know, there might just be more to The Vaccines than meets the eye. The band recently recorded a one off single with Albert Hammond Jr, and the four piece are planning another curveball.

The Vaccines have been paired off with home recording legend R. Stevie Moore, with a limited edition single due to emerge on Record Store Day.

The Vaccines will cover Moore’s ‘Why Should I Love You?’ while Moore covers The Vaccines ‘Post Break Up Sex’. Two quotes:

The Vaccines – “We heard about R Stevie after recording with Albert Hammond Jr in upstate New York. We asked him (and a few other friends) what their favorite ‘on the road’ songs were for a fanzine we were putting together and he suggested 2 Stevie songs. Naturally having not heard him I started looking through his back catalogue and instantly loved what I heard”.

“When I listen to Stevie I hear someone with a real freedom to commit exactly the way he feels to tape which because of his recording methods is as direct an artist/listener connection as I’ve heard. His music is not censored or diluted, with him you get the entire picture. We chose Why Should I Love You? because to us it is an undiscovered pop gem, as good as any classic pop tune and screaming to be heard.”

R. Stevie Moore – “Tim has been a longstanding fan and we talked about doing something epic together. No presh. Those Vaccines heard, and the result was a tri-generational transatlantic musical collab celebrating the beautiful vinyl format. Are you in?”

Due for release via O Genesis recordings – run by Tim Burgess – the single will be limited to a mere 500 copies.

The Vaccines / R. Stevie Moore single drops on Record Store Day (April 21st).

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