Hey this is Jack from Mansionair.
We covered ’Still Don't Know My Name’
by Labrinth for Like A Version.
Honestly I feel like
I've wanted to do a version of this song
for a really long time.
The song is just, it's so well-written.
And it's obviously attached to such an incredible part of
pop culture with how amazing Euphoria is and just
how intense the show is.
And honestly, it was like a bit of hard work to
learn to sing it.
Especially after two years off the road.
So I was just like, I wanted a challenge.
I love the Labrinth song so much.
I mean, we all do.
I think the tight production, that detuned bass
just all the little flourishes that kind of sit underneath
all the backing vocals are so good.
And just like
I don’t know the vocal performance itself
I mean, I couldn't do it like he did it.
I love like his vocal tone so much.
Just all of the bends and everything
he does within the choruses.
We've been referencing Labrinth tunes
for a number of years so to finally get to do our take on it
was really sick.
Just the production, it's so left of field
but the song is still amazing.
And I think that's like a real part
of our ethos as a band is like
to still write a really great song
but then just like make production a little to the left.
And I feel like that was our goal with this.
I think as well
part of the energy we wanted to bring to
this Like A Version was
make it like Alabama Shakes-y and like bluesy because it just like
I don't know, that's how I first heard the song.
And I was like, ‘How are we going to do it?’
It needed to growl and grizzle and
hopefully we did it justice.
The moment I knew that we were on to something
and it felt really good was when we took
the second half of that bridge right before the final chorus.
And just put more beat behind it
and just really kind of went for it.
And to me that was like the epitome of
for lack of a better word, euphoria.
Really wanted to take it there.
The first Like A Version we did was 2015.
and we covered ‘Seasons’ by Future Islands
which if you remember, was just like this pulsing
awesome, rocky, alt-rocky tune
and we flipped it the other way and went really soft and delicate.
And I mean, I love that version so much
but I feel like what we wanted to do this
time was the antithesis of that.
We wanted to like belt it
we wanted to play.
And I think too, we just kind of wanted to show
that we've changed and grown as musicians.
Yeah, it's cool.
It's amazing to have these time stamp of performances.
And I love that about being a performing artist.
Is you can always see your growth.
I love watching the Like A Versions
where everyone's just like having a ball
and you're watching musicians
play in a room and have an absolute blast.
I think that's something that can very easily
be forgotten with the stress of
getting everything together
and making a good performance.
And to me
I feel like I just have learned that if you're having fun
and you're enjoying yourself
and you are loving the music you're making
then I feel like it's
going to be replicated on the other side.
And to me, that is truly what makes a great Like A Version.
The thought of people recontextualizing your songs is crazy.
Like, it's so weird.
So if he hear’s it.
I hope you like it.
If you don’t?
Sorry.