The Chairs

There are a few bands where you just don't dare attempt to cover their music. Neutral Milk Hotel is one of the bands. Jeff Mangum has one of those voices that any replication will automatically sound monotonous and drab. Well I stumbled upon some small indie band from Wisconsin, called The Chairs, who had attempted to cover Airplane over the Sea. I automatically had little faith but to my surprise, and delighted, found that they had done an excellent job. The first EP these guys had produced held so many great little jems, such as my favorite track titled Polly (not a Nirvana cover but an original track). Turns out this little local band from has been hard at work producing EP after EP and recently released their full length album, Nine Ways.

The band's entire discography is available on their website with Radiohead's philosophy of pay-what-you-want (Well that is as long as you're downloading the entire album. Single tracks cost $.99 but in its entirety it is free. I guess that's their catch?)

I recommend checking out Biggest Fan from the LP and Polly from the November EP.