To mark the release of their brilliant fourth album this week, Wild Beasts have turned in a FACT mix – a 30 minute collection of tracks that features a special cover of Leonard Cohen.
The band take on Cohen’s ”Hey That’s No Way to Say Goodbye”, as well as handpicking songs by Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, Lil B, Burzum and more. Yep, it’s a pretty eclectic mix.
Listen to the entire thing below, along with its tracklist in full. Present Tense is out now via Domino.
John Tavener: The Lamb
Wild Beasts: Hey That’s No Way to Say Goodbye (Leonard Cohen cover)
Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd: Why do you Love me
Siegfried Sasson: The Dug Out, Everyone Sang
Haddaway: What is Love
The Blue Nile: Over the Hillside
Lil B: Flowers Rise (instrumental)
The Books: Be Good to Them Always
Burzum: Tour Around the Transcendental Columns of Singularity
Shirley Collins: Brigg Fair
Allan Holdsworth: Tokyo Dream (live)
Oneohtrix Point Never: Child Soldier
Kate Bush: Sexual Healing (phone recording)
Talk Talk: I Believe In You
Cocteau Twins: Cherry-Coloured Funk
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