Oakland's Audrye Sessions covers Elliott Smith

This is a gorgeously serpentine Elliott Smith cover from Oakland, CA foursome The Audrye Sessions. The first handful of times I listened to this I thought for sure it was a woman singing in that mournful alto. Now I realize that this band is fronted by a guy, Ryan Karazija. His voice reminds me of when Jeff Buckley would cover Nina Simone, or Thom Yorke's otherworldy falsetto. This spare rendition is altogether haunting.

Waltz #2 (Elliott Smith cover) - The Audrye Sessions
"i’m never gonna know you now, but i’m gonna love you anyhow"

Audrye Sessions’ self-titled EP was just released, with their debut full-length coming February 2009. They're on tour in the coming months, ending up in Denver on December 4th.