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Yoko Ono: Forgive Me My Love (Death Cab for Cutie Remix)

As a sequel to Yoko Ono’s 2007 album Yes, I’m a Witch, the cleverly named Yes, I’m a Witch Too will feature musicians like tUnE-yArDs, Miike Snow, Cibo Matto and Portugal. The Man remixing and covering her back catalog. The first track to be revealed and streamed: Death Cab for Cutie transforms Ono’s pretty and poppy song “Forgive Me My Love,” recorded in 1983, into something for today’s appetites—creating a new trip-hop-on-steroids cocoon for her vocals. Feels like Death Cab for Cutie took this opportunity to experiment outside of their comfort zone, and it works.

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