Liberties, Vol 13

A fun part of the early days of Beat Noir was that we didn't have enough songs to fill a set and would play covers. Covers are great as a musician because it gives you the chance to kind of cosplay another band for a little bit. You can play songs that you'll never write and have a chance to live inside them for the brief period you play them. Covers are fun as a fan to because they're a song you would never expect the band you're seeing to play. You come to a concert making a mental setlist from their back catalogue and then the band throws you a curveball by drawing from somewhere else.

I was never a had honcho in Beat Noir, so I never got final say in the songs we would cover. What did we end up playing?

Against Me! - "The Disco Before the Breakdown"
Attack in Black - "Inches and Ages"
The Weakerthans - "Plea From a Cat Named Virtute"
Hot Water Music - "Jack of All Trades"
Sloan - "The Good in Everyone"

Below are a selection of ones that I always wanted to, and always suggested, but we never got to play: