Apparently my blatant love of the new Happy Hollows record has paid off. Their label just asked if I'd like to premiere this cover of the Church's "Under the Milky Way." Uh, duh (and thanks!) guys.
MP3: The Happy Hollows - Under the Milky Way (The Church cover)
And if you, like me, couldn't place this song at first, perhaps you know it from the Donnie Darko soundtrack. [MP3] Happy Hollows: “Under the Milky Way” (Church cover)
February 18th, 2010 · 14 Comments
Apparently my blatant love of the new Happy Hollows record has paid off. Their label just asked if I'd like to premiere this cover of the Church's "Under the Milky Way." Uh, duh (and thanks!) guys.
MP3: The Happy Hollows - Under the Milky Way (The Church cover)
And if you, like me, couldn't place this song at first, perhaps you know it from the Donnie Darko soundtrack. 
14 responses so far
1 Bret Foster // Feb 18, 2010 at 8:41 am
Wow…that last sentence just made me feel very very old.
2 Charbarred // Feb 18, 2010 at 8:52 am
Brilliant cover.
3 Matt // Feb 18, 2010 at 9:03 am
Bret: if it makes you feel better, when I wrote it it made me feel very silly for admitting I pretty much only knew it from DD.
4 Yair Yona // Feb 18, 2010 at 9:55 am
Really really good. The Church’s album from 2009 ’23′ was brilliant, don’t miss it.
5 Billy Baroo // Feb 18, 2010 at 10:49 am
Or, as I know it, from the Church album, ‘Starfish’.
Why another cover of “Milky Way”? Seems like I heard it sung by a chick in a car commercial recently. I really wish people wouldn’t mess with this song. I’d hate to see it beat to death like ‘Hallelujah’ and ‘Love Will Tear Up Apart’.
6 Mouse // Feb 18, 2010 at 11:15 am
Has it been covered to death? Whether or not it has, this is a perfect match for this band.
7 Dave Rawkblog // Feb 18, 2010 at 11:52 am
Yeah, Sia covered this recently as well. Incredible song.
8 Matthew Sherman // Feb 18, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Very nice cover, touching, and respectfully done. If this is an indication of HH influences, it only endears them to me more. I like the car comercial cover too. ;)
9 sfenn // Feb 19, 2010 at 12:08 am
Nice score. One of the top 10 songs ever written. Up there with ‘Night and Day’ and ‘Space Oddity’. I welcome as many covers of it as you can throw at me.
10 stytzer // Feb 19, 2010 at 8:32 am
@Bret – old? Donnie Darko isn’t even 10 years old! My wife bought the CD by The Church back when it was originally relased…in 1988!!
11 samantha // Feb 19, 2010 at 10:07 am
I think Bret meant that Matt ONLY knowing the song from DD made him feel old.
12 stytzer // Feb 19, 2010 at 12:50 pm
@Samantha…so do I…now :)
13 samantha // Feb 19, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Oops.
14 J. Neas // Feb 21, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Being a huge fan of the Church, it’s really nice to hear anyone cover them, especially a band as good as the Happy Hollows. That being said, I’d love to hear some of the rest of the Church’s amazing catalogue worked up by others. This version is one of the better covers I’ve heard, definitely.
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