Shudder To Think – “Something To Do” (Depeche Mode Cover)

Back in the day, it would've been a much bigger deal if a Dischord band covered Depeche Mode. These days, boundaries between musical universes are a whole lot looser, and it feels completely natural — especially given that the Dischord band in question is the art-punk crew Shudder To Think, who were always glammier than their peers.Last year, the reunited Shudder To Think released a two-song single, their first new songs in 27 years. On Friday, they'll follow that release with Who Sent You?, a three-track EP. We've already posted the title track, and now Shudder To Think have shared an urgently splintered take on "Something To Do," a track from Depeche Mode's 1984 album Some Great Reward. They make it sound a whole lot like a Shudder To Think track. Here's what the band says about it:For some of us, the album Some Great Reward by Depeche Mode represents the pinnacle of their brilliance and creativity.Not that they didn’t make insanely wonderful music — singles and albums both — after that, but SGR was the crescendo of their first phase, where indelible pop hooks collided with kid-in-candy-store synth experiments and impossible yearning fumbled with the bra clasps of the blackest be...