Members of Swedish desert rockers LOWRIDER and London doomsters ELEPHANT TREE present their collective respectful yet twisted nod to JETHRO TULL by delivering a massive, spaced-out take on the track ‚Nothing to Say‚ from the British rock legends‘ third album „Benefit“ (1970).
Lowrider featuring Elephant Tree – Nothing to Say [Official Single]
This thrilling cover version is the final advance single of the companion album „Best of Jethro Tull Redux„, which will be released parallel to the forthcoming MER Redux Series installment „Aqualung Redux“.
LOWRIDER comment: „I vividly remember hearing Jethro Tull for the first time when I was 12, the radio was on in my grandmother’s kitchen“, singer and vocalist Peder Bergstrand recalls. „Suddenly, this enormous riff comes on, and I’m just, what is this?!! Being pre-internet era, I had to write down random lyrics to try and identify later who this was. Remember, this was before Shazam or even Googling anything. I went to a record store with my notes and they identified it as ‚A New Day Yesterday‘ and I was an instant Tull fan. Diving deeper into their back catalog, I found the album ‚Benefit‘ and the track ‚Nothing to Say‘, and it quickly became my favorite Tull track. I have played it more than I can remember and always heard a heavier, doomier version in my head. This project finally gave me the opportunity to realise it. Fresh off the heels of making the Elephant Tree collaborative split, I figured this would be a cool way to do even more with them. I messaged their drummer Sam. At the time, he resided in the countryside but had access to a 2-mic rehearsal room. Sam just went in and did a super raw and awesome drum take. Our guitarist Niclas and I layered our stuff on it and made this super moody, doomy version of one of my favorite songs ever.“
