Enjoy The Silence - The Anchoress

Taken from the new album ’Versions’, out Fri October 6th on Drowned in Sound on Limited Edition Eco Mix vinyl and gatefold CD. The Anchoress reworks the iconic Depeche Mode song ’Enjoy The Silence’ as part of her covers project and pays homage in a shot by shot recreation of the original video directed by Anton Corbijn. “While we may not have had the same travel budget as Depeche Mode, we more than made up for it with the ingenuity and imagination of one of the best young directors around“. Directed by JJ Eringa. Order Versions here: “When I was choosing which tracks to cover for the ‘Versions’ project, I was mostly led by instinct, where I felt I could add a new or different perspective to something that was already really familiar to listeners. I tackled some pretty sacred cows - Radiohead, Nirvana, Depeche Mode. It was sometimes nerve wracking releasing one into the wild, waiting to get told you’ve “ruined” someone’s favourite song. I wanted to choose songs that had a special significance to fans and be brave and courageous in rethinking that in a new way. There can be a bit of snobbery around covers. People assume that they just slavishly follow the original recording, missing the amazing opportunity that they present to re-envision and re-cast something - a real gift to anyone developing their craft as a recording engineer or producer. I found myself exploring arrangement and production particularly deeply because of the nature of having a ready-made song to play with. It’s a gift to allow yourself to focus purely on the components parts of the arrangement and then, in turn, dig deeply into how the production and mix will serve your chosen mood and take on the already familiar song, without having to worry about whether you want to refine a lyric or if the chorus is “impactful” enough. The heavy-lifting has already been done by the songwriter. Your job is only to re-cast it in a way that makes the listener hear it in a new or different light.”