Sharon Van Etten covers The Velvet Underground and Nico’s "Femme Fatale" with Angel Olsen
Sharon Van Etten has released her cover of The Velvet Underground and Nico's "Femme Fatale" from I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico, which features backing vocals from Angel Olsen.
Van Etten's cover of "Femme Fatale" sees her recruit "Like I Used To" collaborator Angel Olsen on backing vocals, and follows Iggy Pop and Matt Sweeney's reimagining of "European Son", Courtney Barnett's take on "I'll Be Your Mirror", Matt Berninger's version of "I’m Waiting For The Man" and Kurt Vile & The Violators' cover of "Run Run Run".
I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico will also feature contributions from Michael Stipe, Andrew Bird, Lucius, St. Vincent and Thomas Bartlett, Thurston Moore, Bobby Gillespie, King Princess and Fontaines D.C.. All of the artists will cover one song from the 1967 original album.
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