Bowling For Soup y Able Machines versionan “Connection” de Elastica

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Bowling For Soup and Able Machines cover Elastica’s “Connection”

Bowling For Soup and the duo Able Machines have collaborated on an electronic version of “Connection”, one of the Britpop classics they signed Elastic

“Connection” is one of the first and most emblematic songs of Elastic. They released it in 1994 as a single and later included it on their debut album “Elastic” (95). Over time, the song became one of the most representative songs of Britpop of the 1990s. Now, Bowling For Soup and the electropop duo Able Machines They have released a version of this classic. A reinterpretation that leans more electronic than the guitar-driven original. The song is accompanied by a video clip that serves as a tribute to retro science fiction.

This collaboration that arose as a result of the friendship between Bowling For Soup and Linus of Hollywood, member of Able Machineswho has frequently produced songs by the band. The leader of Bowling For Soup, Jared Reddickhas commented: “We played it non-stop in the van, one day I was listening to a new Able Machines song and I thought… Linus of Hollywood, he’s in an electronic band! We should do “Connection” together.”

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