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Play Some Pool, Skip Some School, Act Real Cool

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Limited edition double cd. The songs of Bruce Springsteen have been re-born in the able hands of 38 indie, folk and underground acts, including the Wave Pictures, Darren Hayman (ex-Hefner), Glam Chops (with Eddie Argos from Art Brut) and even a fiddle solo from the Velvet Underground's Doug Yule. The double album is named "Play Some Pool, Skip Some School, Act Real Cool" (a line from the classic "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"), and is brought to you from the ever reliable where it's at is where you are label. (www.wiaiwya.com) These acts have been inspired by Springsteen’s woodsman folk, tender ballads, fist-pumping anthems and emotional rock; their interpretations of Springsteen’s back catalogue – from the classics to the rarely visited side roads – reveal the breadth of The Boss’s influence and the inspiration his rich career gives to many bands from different strands of today’s underground. If a handful of highlights had to be picked from this treasure trove of talent they would undoubtedly include the Wave Pictures' stripped bare anti-folk reading of "Racing in the Street" (a track they had so much fun recording they did ten more Springsteen covers, which will be given away with the lead single); Matador Record's new signing Jennifer O'Connor turning the bombast of "Cover Me" into a beautiful Joni Mitchell-like folk ballad; Jeff Mellin excitingly bringing in Doug Yule to play fiddle on his version of "Brilliant Disguise"; Help Stamp Out Loneliness going all creepy Nico fronting Stereolab on CD 2 opener "I'm On Fire", and Fergus Lawrie (ex Urusei Yatsura) and the Violence Jack Off rendering "No Surrender" completely unrecognisable behind walls of Sonic Youth feedback on the closing track. Along the way the Boss is reinterpreted as glam stomper (Glam Chops), drivetime AM radio singalong (Darren Hanlon), epic dreampop fragility (Jeniferever) and a girl fronted beachboys barbershop gone country (Piney Gir)... Yup, it's an album of highlights... "where music and passion are always in fashion". Tracklisting : The Wave Pictures - Racing in the Street, Jennifer O'Connor - Cover Me, Airport Girl- The River, MJ Hibbett & The Validators - Glory Days, Shaun Wolf Wortis - She's the One, Glam Chops - Born In the USA, Jeff Mellin - Brilliant Disguise/ Brilliancy medley, Lucinda Black Bear - Born To Run, Darren Hanlon - the Promised Land, Gregory Webster - You’re Missing, Allo, Darlin' (featuring Paul from Hexicon) - Atlantic City, Boy Genius – Badlands, The Gresham Flyers – Magic, One Milky Wimp - Johnny 99, Thewintersleep - Dancing in the Dark, Jeniferever - One Step Up, Travis Elborough - My Hometown, Pete Weiss - Candy's Room, Eux Autres - My Love Will Not Let You Down, Help Stamp Out Loneliness - I'm on Fire, Swedish Chef - Used Cars, Hillary And The Democrats - Thunder Road, Orange Nichole - Mansion on the Hill, The Manhattan Love Suicides - Stolen Car, Piney Gir - Waiting on a Sunny Day, The School - Hungry Heart, Harvey Williams - I Wanna Marry You, The Vatican Cellars - Darkness on the Edge of Town, Joel Mellin - The Rising, The Foxgloves - Downbound Train, The Andersen Tapes - Prove It All Night, DJ Downfall feat. Amelia Fletcher - If I Should Fall Behind, Darren Hayman - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), Summer Cats Vs Motifs - Born to Add, Alexander's Festival Hall - Empty Sky, Butcher Boy - Streets of Philadelphia, Brontosaurus Chorus - Because the Night, The Volence Jack Off - No Surrender

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released July 4, 2009

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