Bands covering other bands! Emo act Ben Quad has covered their label and tourmates Arm’s Length’s song, “In Loving Memory,” via Wax Bodega. The act repurposes the original song into a faster rendition, with a concoction of modern pop-punk that’s infused with original emo riffs. Needless to say, listening to both side-by-side, changes the game.
“We wanted to challenge ourselves and try to make the song our own by adding our own style of riffs and vocal melodies but make it distinctive,” says frontman Sam Wegrzynski about why they chose to cover this particular track. He explains that it has the same energy and feeling as one of their songs. Comparing the Oklahoma four-piece to their Canadian counterparts, Ben Quad adds anger and resentment mixed with a twinkly guitar that illustrates another emote: confusion. While written by another act entirely, this alternate emotive direction impacts to the same level as Arm’s Length’s original, but in a different format.
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This isn’t the last we’ll hear of from the tour package, which includes the Philadelphia, PA trio, Carly Cosgrove. Each act is covering one another’s songs in anticipation of their Wax Bodega Tour. Vinyl of the covers will be available exclusively, at their upcoming performances.
Fans can grab tickets to their gigs here.
Tour Dates:
- March 13—Ottawa, Canada @ Club SAW
- March 15—Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird Café & Music Hall
- March 16— Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room
- March 17— Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s
- March 19—Detroit, MI @ The Shelter
- March 20— Indianapolis, IN @ Hoosier Dome
- March 21— Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
- March 22—St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
- March 23—Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
- March 24— Denver, CO @ HQ
- March 26—Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
- March 28—Vancouver, Canada @ Fortune Sound Club
- March 29— Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s
- March 30—Portland, OR @ McMenamins Mission Theater
- April 1—Sacramento, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post
- April 2— Berkeley, CA @ Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music
- April 3— Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
- April 4—Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
- April 5— San Diego, CA @ House of Blues San Diego
- April 6— Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
- April 8—Austin, TX @ Antone’s Nightclub
- April 9—Dallas, TX @ Sons Of Hermann Hall
- April 11—Nashville, TN @ The End
- April 12—Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
- April 13—Orlando, FL @ Level 13 Event Center
- April 14—Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
- April 16—Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
- April 18—Washington, DC @ The Atlantis
- April 19—Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
- April 20—New York, NY @ The Meadows
- April 21—Boston, MA @ Brighton Music
- April 22—Montreal, Canada @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
- April 24—Toronto, Canada @ The Opera House
