Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel is going into the studio to record an album of orchestral cover versions of a dozen well known tunes. The likes of Radiohead, Arcade Fire, and The Magnetic Fields are said to be involved with Gabriel in a ‘song swap’. Obviously, the swap part of the equation means that we could soon hear Peter Gabriel songs being covered all over the place. Scratch My Back has a planned release date of January 25th and is said to be an acoustic endeavour, focusing on orchestral instruments. Composer John Metcalf says that “The songs are not simply covers. They are major reinterpretations of some famous stuff. It’s quite radical…”
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