Grizzly Bear Wrap-up Year and Cover JoJo’s “Too Little Too Late”

Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste revealed today how he pestered band-mate Dan Rossen into giving him a very serious cover of JoJo’s “Too Little Too Late.” for his birthday last month. Ed enjoys Daniel’s take on his guilty pleasure so much, he has generously shared it so others could appreciate how “something so auto-tuned and trite [could turn] into a really great song.” You can download the track below.
After mentioning his excitement about recording their next album and promising no alternative takes/remixes, Ed also decided to share his year’s end list of favorite albums from 2007. Ed’s best-of list is:
1. Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
2. Radiohead - In Rainbows
3. Deerhunter - Florescent Grey EP/Cryptograms
4. Cass McCombs - Dropping the Writ
5. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer
6. Foreign Born- On a Wing Now
7. Feist - The Reminder
8. Vampire Weekend - Blue CDR
9. Beirut - Flying Club Cup
10. Papercuts- Can’t Go Back
11. Justice - †
12. Sleeping States - There the Open Spaces
13. Róisín Murphy - Overpowered
14. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
15. Yeasayer - All Hours Cymbals
MP3: Dan Rossen (Grizzly Bear) - “Too Little Too Late”
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This cover is great!!! Thank you!