Ben Lee's New Wave

Ben Lee - New Wave

So Ben Lee apparently shares my love for Against Me! Recently on his bolg he posted covers of the entire Against Me! Record New Wave.

"I fell in love with the album. Really. Like, couldn't stop listening to it. As heavy and gnarly as it sounds at times, it is unmistakably a pop masterpiece." - Ben Lee

Hearing Lee cover AM you can really hear the greatness of each of these songs. I liked the record from the moment I heard it, but these covers just reinforce what I liked about it.

I think this is a great example of what the best of what the Internet can offer to art. In years gone by the cost of a recording like this (not that it is the best recording) would have prevented this type of recording for fun, and with out the Internet their would have been no cheep, let alone free, way for people to hear it. Lee even manipulated the album their album cover which must have taken him all of five minutes in Photoshop. Now an actual artist like Lee can spend an afternoon recording something great just for fun and we all get to hear it.

I always love artists doing something cool for no other reason than they think its cool. Even if you don't think it is that neat what did it cost anyone?

Not to mention the great PR angle for both Lee and Against Me! This is one of those times when everyone wins.