Responsible for indie hits like Midsommar, Moonlight and Everything Everywhere All at Once, American film company A24 has created a vast lifestyle brand around its cultish reputation, flogging everything from branded shorts ($48) to a Hereditary gingerbread kit ($62). Now, following its rerelease of Jonathan Demme’s seminal Talking Heads documentary Stop Making Sense, its tie-in merch includes a tribute album, featuring all 16 tracks from the film’s soundtrack covered by appropriately vogueish musicians.
The tracks largely use one of two distinct approaches. The acts choosing a karaoke-esque run-through include Toro y Moi (Genius of Love), the National (Heaven) and Paramore, whose faithful version of Burning Down the House includes a barnstorming vocal from Hayley Williams, but isn’t particularly compelling.
