Listen to the Palehound cover and the Smith original below. She makes it sound like a Palehound song. Kempner keeps the teeth-gritting fury of the original, and she fleshes it out with full-band dynamics, building to a real clangor that was always under the song’s surface. To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of this masterpiece, Kill Rock Stars proudly presents Either/Or: Expanded Edition. Palehound’s version of “Southern Belle” just rules. Either/Or is widely regarded as Elliott s best album, and remains his best-selling. This year, she wrote about Either/Or for Under The Radar. it starts with a version of alameda, recorded during the same sessions that yielded the album version featured on smiths essential 1997 release either/or. Last year, she appeared on the podcast My Favorite Elliott Smith Song. Kempner is a big, vocal Elliott Smith fan. Specifically, Palehound have covered “Southern Belle,” the intense, seething track from Smith’s classic 1995 self-titled album. Either/Or was released on February 25, 1997, on the Kill. Either/Or was recorded in several locations, mostly in Portland, Oregon while Smith was still a member of Heatmiser and was produced by Smith, Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf. Today, Palehound have taken on a big one. Either/Or is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith.
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Since then, Palehound have come out with the singles “ See A Light” and “ Your Boyfriend’s Gun,” and they’ve also released a series of covers: Yo La Tengo on the “Your Boyfriend’s Gun” B-side, Karen Dalton on Polyvinyl’s Stay Home compilation, Mirah on the You Think It’s Like This, But Really It’s Like This reissue. Last year, Palehound, Ellen Kempner’s DIY indie rock project, released the album Black Friday, and it was great.