Silver Swans - How Soon Is Now? (The Smiths Cover)

Originally recorded by The Smiths on January 28, 1984 the song now sees a new light through Bay Area indie rockers, Silver Swan. In regards to the cover, the duo chose to do this song as it is probably the darkest Smiths song both musically and lyrically. Here are the words directly from the group in regards to the musical influence it had:

I think I died a little when I heard How Soon is Now for the first time. I didn’t know bands like this could exist. I was in High School and having a hard time identifying with bands like Limp Bizkit and Alien Ant Farm that were aggressively dominating the airwaves at the time. Hearing the Smiths for the first time, I found myself. Johnny Marr’s genius guitar sirens layered on top of Bo Diddley vibrato and Morrissey claiming the throne of shyness, “Theres a club if you’d like to go”,— we’ve all been there. Covering the song was a chance for both Jon and I to reconnect with this nostalgia while adding our own vulnerable darkness to the mix.

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