Surprise (another one)! Safia Nolin drops emo covers EP xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx

Here’s another surprise after the release of Reprises Vol.2 last Friday: Safia Nolin drops her EP xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx today via Bonsound. A gift for the myspace generation, the new EP includes four emo covers. I finally understand, after many years, that my obsession with sad music comes from my background as an emo teenager in high school, tells Safia. I basically spent years listening to sad music, being a bum with friends and scaring folks at the shopping centre.

On xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx, Safia pays homage to this musical genre and scene that molded her into the artist she is today. She recorded versions of emo hits from My Chemical Romance, Billy Talent and Paramore. Accompanied by John K. Samson (the Weakerthans, Propagandhi), Safia tackles Cute Without the E, a classic emo song from Long Island’s Taking Back Sunday that helped popularize the genre. These covers bid sayonara to the genre’s usual electric guitars, bass and drums, in exchange for acoustic guitars and an autoharp, which highlight the beauty and melancholy of these songs.