Album review: Angel Corpus Christi

ANGEL CORPUS CHRISTIElvis Elvis* * * *

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A leisurely follow-up to the San Francisco squeeze box siren's tribute to Lou Reed – yes, you've guessed it, Louie Louie – these are brilliant reimaginings of Presley classics.

Transformed by minimalist electro arrangements, old favourites like It's Now Or Never take on a new brilliant sheen, while Don't Be Cruel takes a slurry guitar riff, bends it out of shape and creates something scary and scintillating. These are the sort of cover versions which justify the genre, beating the old life out of tired war horses and breathing in the new.

Download this: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, Don't Be Cruel

This article was first published in the Scotland on Sunday on May 25, 2010