The Canadian jangle-pop duo released one of our favorite albums of the year back in February, their sophomore LP Harm’s Way. With his bandmate Evan Lewis back in Toronto, singer-guitarist Tom McGreevy brought a few friends from Philadelphia band Grocer along to help him tackle the classic track about the ruins of a relationship.
“It felt like a good fit for this thing specifically because I’ve always admired their songwriting,” McGreevy says, “but I feel like aesthetically we could hardly be less aligned. And so it felt like an interesting challenge.”
Watch Ducks Ltd. cover They Might Be Giant’s “They’ll Need a Crane” at Second Take Sound in midtown Manhattan.