Thanks to the people at Crammed Discs, we’ve got an early listen to Deerhoof’s cover contribution to Tradi-Mods vs. Rockers. They tackled Kasai Allstar’s song “Wa Muluendu,” which is really risky because I know that’s a really special song to a lot of us — just kidding, this is the first time I’m ever hearing any version of it too. But hey, if anyone who’s familiar with the original wants to weigh in, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

MP3: Deerhoof – Travels Broaden the Mind (Kasai Allstars cover)
The past year or so has seen Deerhoof get a lot more intricate. First there was the instrumental cover of “Let’s Dance the Jet,” now we’ve got this track — it seems that reworking other people’s songs have really freed them up to go beyond the their comfort zone… which was already a pretty weird place.