Viagra Boys team up with Amy Taylor (Amyl and the Sniffers) for John Prine cover "In Spite Of Ourselves"
Stockholm post-punk group Viagra Boys have joined forces with Amyl and the Sniffers’ Amy Taylor for their cover of John Prine’s "In Spite Of Ourselves.”
Released today, the song’s accompanying music video was directed by André Jofré. When it comes to the track, Viagra Boys vocalist Sebestian Murphy said:
"When I heard in spite the first time I instantly had an urge to do a cover or it and i instantly knew that I wanted Amy to sing Iris Dements part because of her unique voice. I love that she sings with an Australian accent which is not too common in country songs I've heard before. I've listened to the sniffers since way back when we started and benke showed me 'I’m not a loser'. then I've had the privilege of playing with them and hangin out and partying with Amy and the band all over the world and we've hit it off from the start. Amy is a goddess of punk rock and a very important part of music today, and one of the smartest people I've talked to and it's an honor to able to make music with her and I hope we can do more in the future!"
Taylor said this about the collaboration:
"I was so excited when Viagra Boys asked me to do a duet with them. Sebastian is a classy man but let's be true, we're both insanely feral and gross, so the lyrics are perfect, I love tomato sauce and have a foul mouth so it's like his singing right to me, what an honour. Sebs a country music fan, and so am I, so it was really sweet to do a little nice duet and he actually introduced John Prine to me now I'm a fan. Viagra Boys and Sniffers see each other here and there around when we're touring, I've got all the time in the world for them and their music. Gus our bass player even represents a full VB track suit, hat and all! I remember when we were in London once and Viagra Boys were playing, Gus and Bryce went and ended up sleeping in a park because they had too much fun. I rode a ferris wheel with Benke once when they were in Australia last year. I want to try that hectic stupid canned fish they always talk about. Shrimp Jazz for life!"
The cover stems from Viagra Boys’ forthcoming studio album Welfare Jazz, which will be released on January 8 via YEAR0001. You can pre-order/pre-save the new album here.