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Under Cover Love - Saint Saviour and the Joy Division Cover Version
John Doran , August 6th, 2008 17:50

New band see Joy Division shaped bear trap. Run straight into it. Escape relatively unscathed. Other bands – Paul Young included – not so lucky.

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The Swans. This is one of many covers of LWTUA that The Swans recorded - including a version with Jarboe singing instead of Michael Gira. This is almost definitely the jolliest thing the avant industrial group ever recorded. And some would say that is far from a coincidence.