Max Tundra shares Katie Dey cover of "Will Get Fooled Again"
21st July 2022
Today, Australian experimental singer-songwriter and producer Katie Dey releases her dazzling cover of Max Tundra’s “Will Get Fooled Again”, originally featured on the 2008 critically acclaimed Parallax Error Beheads You.
Following A. G. Cook’s raging remix of “Lights”, the release today is the second taster from Remixtape: the aptly named remix mixtape which will feature some classic reinventions from the Max Tundra discography by the likes of Julia Holter, Kero Kero Bonito and BABii, and more. The mixtape will be released on August 12th alongside the reissue of Jacobs’ first three studio albums: the uncategorisable 2000 debut Some Best Friend You Turned Out to Be, 2002’s breakthrough Mastered by Guy at the Exchange, and the 2008 masterwork Parallax Error Beheads You.
Beginning with a heavier guitar line than the original, Dey’s cover of “Will Get Fooled Again” builds with pulsating energy, climaxing into a dream-like, wondrous synth-filled heaven. Of the cover Katie said: "I was so honoured to messily cover this exceedingly complex song and I'm grateful Ben trusted me enough to apply my degenerate style to something so precious.”
"I was stoked to hear Katie Dey repurpose “Will Get Fooled Again” into this absolute monster of a track,” Jacobs commented. “It sounds like a spinning, glittering, otherworldly being, whirring around, smashing up a sweet shop - and I am totally here for it."