Nashville label and small press, Cosmic Thug Records, are thrilled to release two reinterpretations of
classic Neil Young songs performed by Pony Boy and Emma Swift.
The cover versions were recorded to tape in Nashville and produced by Adam Landry and Justin Collins.
Pony Boy (Marchelle Bradanini) performs “Like A Hurricane” and Emma Swift performs “Mellow My Mind”.
“When Marchelle and I first became friends, we bonded over many shared passions,” says Swift.
“We both like country music hair of the 1970s, dead English poets and playing Neil Young at very loud
volumes. Though we’ve both flirted with publishing poetry and had more than our fair share of high hair
experiences, neither of us had recorded a Neil Young song. This felt like a fun way to collaborate.”
According to Bradanini, “I’d wanted to record, Like a Hurricane, as long I can remember. It’s always broke
my heart . We wanted to capture a different feel with Robbie Crowell playing this incredibly slow-as-
molasses, ghostly feel on Rhodes and ended up just doing one take, which is pretty obvious in the vocal.
Adam (Landry) said you’re done and that was that. Emma and I have been musical kindred spirits since
we met over a night of Gin & Tonics at the 5 Spot years ago. She can beat anyone in a musical pub quiz.”
The split single will be released digitally on February 28 2018 on Cosmic Thug Records.
“Everything you want, crashes like a car,” sing Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift on “Love Is A Drag,” the deliciously bittersweet celebration of ardor and adoration that marks their second 7 inch release as a duo. The vinyl single/digital download – backed by the equally paradoxical “Life Is Change” – is available from Hitchcock and Swift’s own Tiny Ghost Records on October 3.
