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Listen: Willis Earl Beal Pens ‘Black Beauty’ Lana Del Rey-Ode
Sort-of cover is the Chicago upstart’s loveliest recording to date.
been compelled to respond slash cover a Lana Del Rey song that emerged last month, ‘Black Beauty’. It’s not clear whether said track will record on LDR’s latest record, but WEB’s impressed. He’s devoted an unconventional cover to the singer, painting the original in floaty tones and his commanding, all-overseeing vocals.
The track’s not set to feature on Beal’s new record ‘Nobody Knows’, but the gentle, soulful ode is more than worthy of Del Rey’s attention.
Listen to Willis Earl Beal, ‘Black Beauty (A response to Lana Del Rey from Willis Earl Beal)’. If concise titles are his thing, sweeping songwriting most certainly is.
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