I've always enjoyed doing cover songs, especially when I can put my own twist on them. In the summer of 2007 I started dissecting tunes for a cover album. What makes a song memorable? It's hook? It's delivery or lyrics? The point of experiment was to take compositions by some of my favorite artists and re-do them, often removing the hook element (Madonna's synth sound, Talking Head's percussion, the Who's explosiveness) to see if the tracks still held up as fully realized songs. Sort of an exercise in Devo-esque deconstructionism. To further the effect, the instrumentation on these cuts is mostly organic (banjo, acoustic guitar, ukulele, toy piano) while the voice and drums are often artificial and effected. A compelling country-techno hybrid emerged. Do you recognize any of these?