Stream Manchester Orchestra’s Cover of Jimmy Eat World’s “Table For Glasses” + Jimmy Eat World’s Cover of Manchester Orchestra’s “Telepath”

By: Staff –

Ahead of their North American co-headline tour, Manchester Orchestra and Jimmy Eat World have teamed up to cover songs from each other’s catalogues.

As Manchester Orchestra pay tribute to “Table For Glasses”, the opening track off Jimmy Eat World’s classic Clarity LP, Jimmy Eat World reimagine “Telepath”, from Manchester Orchestra’s The Million Masks of God. Listen to both tracks below.

Both of the original arrangements are simultaneously sparse, slow-burning and soaring in their delivery, speaking to the bands’ shared strengths of cathartic melodies and vocal harmonies that invite fans to shout and sing along. While Jimmy Eat World flips “Telepath” on its head, turning the song’s soft acoustics and spectral strings into a thunderous wall of electric guitar, Manchester Orchestra approach “Table For Glasses” with a subtle touch that equally and intricately retains its invigorating power.

“It was an absolute honour to trade covers with one of our favourite bands,” says Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull. “We approached our cover with admiration for the original and had a blast exploring all of its spacious corners.”

Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins adds,“Manchester Orchestra is great at sitting you down, spinning your chair around and stopping it to show you are now somewhere else. We knew if we were going to cover an immersive song like Telepath, we’d have to commit to ‘stopping the chair’ at bizzaro-Jimmy Eat World universe.”

Both covers will also be available on limited edition 7” vinyl, exclusively as part of the VIP Experience on the bands’ upcoming Amplified Echoes Tour.