For Every Day You Don't

Adem - To Cure A Weakling Child/Boy Girl Song

This is the morning after you've cleaned up your house, with fresh sheets on your bed. Maybe some fresh fruit in a bowl. A clear glass of water nearby. This is the afternoon you spent in that hammock, with just a breeze for some company. This is the four of you, knee deep in the river overflowing with winter runoff from the mountains above, giant redwoods looming overhead.

Adem has always had a way with the intricate, so it seems like a natural fit for him to meld two songs from Aphex Twin's Richard D. James album. He finds the organic roots of the melodies and turns them into almost joyous celebrations. With the jaw-clenched tension of Aphex removed, we're left with something simply beautiful. And it's subtle enough that you barely trace the shift from one song to the next. I'm not sure why he chose to cover two songs that aren't in sequence on the original album, but I guess they just worked for him.

So Adem has made himself a covers record. He has his acoustic electronic way with Aphex Twin, Bedhead, Björk, The Breeders, dEUS, Lisa Germano, PJ Harvey, Low, Pinback, Smashing Pumpkins, Tortoise, and Yo La Tengo. It will be released by our friends at Domino records on June 3rd. And if you haven't explored his back catalog, by all means check it out.