A24 tease a Talking Heads ‘Stop Making Sense’ cover album
Following the anniversary and re-release of the iconic Talking Heads concert movie last year, A24 has teased a Stop Making Sense tribute album via social media.
The cult production and distribution company have shared a short clip to their social media accounts teasing a Talking Heads tribute album. The caption states, “We’ve got a tape we’d like to play you. 16 tracks from 16 artists.”
The first track comes from pop-punk favourites Paramore. Vocalist Hayley Williams stars in the teaser clip, which sees her receiving a package with a familiar-looking big, grey suit inside. She then picks up a cassette tape copy of Stop Making Sense and utters David Byrne’s iconic opening words, “I’ve got a tape I’d like to play you.”
The video also provides a glimpse at Paramore’s contribution to the album, a cover of Talking Heads’ 1983 single ‘Burning Down the House’ from Speaking in Tongues. A24 are yet to reveal any of the 15 other artists who will appear on the covers album.
In celebration of the 40-year anniversary of Jonathan Demme’s beloved concert film last year, A24 restored and re-released Stop Making Sense. The 4K restoration of the film reunited the band and aired in cinemas worldwide.
In a five-star review of the re-release, Far Out Magazine‘s Tom Taylor stated, “The film showcases a collision between cerebralism and funk’s primordial capacity to induce a barnstorming get-together, while the democratic construction of the show illuminates the point that joy is a communal enterprise emboldened by the fusion of multicultural ideas on display. Not a jot of this is presented with any cynicism, sending home a message, to paraphrase Nick Cave, that it is beauty that is going to save the world now.”
“Stop Making Sense makes that point with such fun and pep in its step that you leave the cinema shaking the bastard’s hand next to you, life-affirmed and full of the unifying beans of humanity at its brilliant best,” he concluded.
Watch the teaser clip below.
