The Kills share soulful cover of Billie Eilish’s ‘Happier Than Ever’ from new ‘Happier Girls Sessions’ EP
nme.comThe Kills have shared a cover of Billie Eilish‘s song ‘Happier Than Ever’ from their upcoming EP ‘Happier Girls Sessions’.The duo – comprising Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince – delivered an acoustic rendition of Eilish’s 2021 single during an appearance on US radio station Sirius XM last year.Now, the band have reimagined the track once again at Grammy-winning producer Paul Epworth’s Church Studios in London for a new physical and digital EP.The five-track collection will also contain “non-electric” versions of ‘My Girls My Girls’, ‘103’, ‘New York’ and ‘Better Days’ from The Kills’ latest album ‘God Games’ – which was co-produced by Epworth and Hince.‘Happier Girls Sessions’ is set to arrive on streaming platforms this Friday (September 20) via Domino.
Additionally, fans can pre-order a special seven-inch vinyl edition (out November 8).Speaking about how The Kills’ cover of Billie Eilish came about, frontwoman Mosshart explained: “It’s all Sirius XM’s fault.
We were asked to do an acoustic session with them last year and they’d asked for a cover as part of the session.“I’d always really dug ‘Happier Than Ever’ and found myself singing it around the house all the time.
It seemed like a good choice, since I loved it and loved singing it. After that radio session hit the airwaves, Laurence Bell from Domino reached out to us enamoured with our acoustic version of the song and asked us to do an electric recording.”She continued: “Here we were in London, recording a non-electric EP and what’s the first song on it?
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