Amber Mark Launches ‘Covered-19’ Series With Cover Of Nirvana’s ‘Heart-Shaped Box’
The ‘Covered-19’ series will see the artists release a new track entirely self-produced and recorded from her NYC flat every fortnight during the lockdown.
Amber Mark has released a cover of Nirvana’s ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ as part of a series of covers and originals to be released over the coming weeks titled ‘Covered-19’. The series will see Mark release a new track entirely self-produced and recorded from her NYC flat every fortnight during the lockdown, alongside a home-made visual. You can watch the video for ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ below.
The New York-based performer has been keen to remain productive during the current global pandemic and resulting self-isolation; “For me, making music in the Covid-19 quarantine has probably been the only positive to come out of a tragedy like this. All the pressure I normally feel when working on music is lifted. And I just have this ‘f_k it’ mentality.
“People get to really see you in your most bare state and vice versa. That’s the beauty in the music I’m making right now. It’s just me whipping up whatever I’m feeling. Keeping it minimal has been the key mentality for me and just having fun with it. I used to stress so much about visuals and the message I was sending with my music. I’ve learned a lot about myself already during the quarantine. And hope to keep this mentality going when all of this is finally over.”
Aside from launching ‘Covered-19’ with ‘Heart-Shaped Box’, Mark also recently released a short cover of The Who’s classic track ‘The Seeker’ on her socials which earned a nod of approval from none other than Pete Townshend, who commented “I’m in shock. So cool. Thank you. You made this your own.”
The ‘Covered-19’ series follows recent single ‘Generous’; a woozy, bumping bedroom jam laced with strings sampled from Henry Mancini’s ‘Lujon’. The track has already been streamed more than 1 million times alongside support from BBC Radio 1 and playlisting at 1Xtra, while the singer is also a face of Calvin Klein’s new spring campaign. ‘Generous’ comes hot on the heels of a stellar 2019 for Amber that saw her rack up over 100 million combined streams, play Pitchfork Festival and Governor’s Ball and have singles ‘Mixer’ and ‘What If’ playlisted at BBC 1Xtra, while ‘Mixer’ was named one of NPR’s Best Songs of 2019.
Listen to the Best of Amber Mark on Apple Music and Spotify.
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