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Indie Goes String Quartet

04th April 2008 | by Aidan Williamson

If you love indie music but have an irrational fear of guitars and drums, then Vitamin Records might just be the answer to your prayers. They are set to release the string instrument tribute to bands such as Bright Eyes, Death Cab For Cutie, The Pixies and Interpol.

The compilation, entitled "Strung Out on Indie: Volume 1" will feature ten tracks reimagined. Sigh, we're still waiting on the "Metal Goes Barbershop Quartet" album, will it ever come?

You can sample some of the delights below:

String Quartet: Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism

String Quartet: Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #1

String Quartet: Elliot Smith - Needle in the Hay

Strung Out on Indie: Volume 1 tracklisting:

1. Debaser (The String Quartet Tribute to Pixies)
2. Kool Thing (The String Quartet Tribute to Sonic Youth)
3. You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do What You're Told) (The String Quartet Tribute to The White Stripes)
4. The Heinrich Maneuver (The String Quartet Tribute to Interpol)
5. Transatlanticism (The String Quartet Tribute to Death Cab for Cutie)
6. Needle in the Hay (The String Quartet Tribute to Elliott Smith)
7. Time is Running Out (The String Quartet Tribute to Muse)
8. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) (The String Quartet Tribute to The Arcade Fire)
9. The Calendar Hung Itself (The String Quartet Tribute to Bright Eyes)
10. Last Goodbye (The String Quartet Tribute to Jeff Buckley)