The changes to Totally Covered and Wicked Guilty Pleasures have been a long time coming. I had thought about merging the two for about two years now. It's a lot of work to maintain TWO daily blogs, and I had neglected Totally Covered.
Then, March 2024 happened. You know, I do the whole #MapleLeafMarch thing every year, and in the lead up to that, I try to discover new Canadian music. One thing I discovered was that Elisapie - an artist I was not previously familiar with but I sure as hell am now - had in 2023 recorded an album of covers, translated into Inuktitut - which is a language spoken by some First Nations people who happen to live in the far north. The album was, in fact, called Inuktitut - and, as will be a recurring theme this week, I own it on vinyl now - and it is my favorite album of 2023.
I went on to post five covers by Elisapie between the end of February and the beginning of April of this year - on Totally Covered. You need to go check those out, because they are amazing.
I posted nothing about her on this blog, and that bothered me a lot. A lot of times in the past, when I discovered a song was a cover, I would often post the original here, and the cover on Totally Covered. In these cases, it just didn't feel right to do that. I really wanted those songs over HERE.
So, this is a song I held back - mostly because it didn't have an official video, but it is also my favorite song from my favorite album of 2023. I want you to hear it and see it - so that's why it's here. This version is absolutely sublime.
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