Tennis return with reworked version of The Carpenters' "Superstar"

Tennis' version of "Superstar" is their first outing since they released their SWIMMER album on Valentine's Day.

Expanding on their version of The Carpenters track, Tennis vocalist Alaina Moore writes, "I leave you with our cover of "Superstar" by The Carpenters. Karen Carpenter has always influenced my writing. Her voice is so distinctive I can imagine her take on any song. Our goal with "Superstar" was to re-cast her voice in the context of a different band in a different era."

She adds, "This led us to take a lot of liberties, including writing a bridge that doesn't exist in the original. The result is something that doesn't sound like Tennis or The Carpenters, which we really liked."

On top of releasing "Superstar", Tennis have announced their upcoming livestream Live: In The Void, which will take place on 17 October. Moore writes of the livestream event, "Once live music was effectively cancelled, Patrick and I started working on a way to make it up to ourselves, our band, and to you. We wanted to do more than an acoustic set from home. We wanted to play a proper show with our band - the one we had spent so much time preparing in January. It has been a logistical challenge pulling this off while carefully observing restrictions and protocols. Despite the nasal swabbing, mask-wearing and obsessive hand washing, the whole endeavor has given us a much needed sense of normalcy."