The L.I.F.E. Project have finally opened the vault on one of their earliest recordings, releasing their take on Blondie’s 1980 hit “Call Me.”
The duo, comprised of Stone Sour guitarist Josh Rand and Paralandra / Casandra’s Crossing vocalist Casandra Carson, originally recorded the cover back in 2020. The track was created as part of Carson’s audition for the project, long before the pair ever intended to make the recording public.
Rand explained how the cover came to be:
“Back in 2020, I was searching for a female vocalist to front my new project. I was connected with Casandra Carson and asked her what song she’d like to sing for the audition. ‘Call Me’ was her choice, so I quickly put it together musically for her to sing to. She crushed it, and the rest is history! We never intended to release this track, but we thought it would be cool for you to hear the song that started it all.”
For Carson, the Blondie classic was already a familiar choice, having performed it live since her teenage years. She recalled how the recording ultimately helped land her the position in The L.I.F.E. Project:
“‘Call Me’ has been one of those staple songs that I’ve been doing live since my first cover band when I was 17. This recording, specifically, was kind of my audition to be in The L.I.F.E. Project. Josh wanted me to pick a song to cover that would be comfortable, and we could use to test out how we would work together, and this felt like the perfect choice. Turns out, I got the job! It’s crazy that it’s coming out of the vault and going public after all these years.”
The newly released rendition follows The L.I.F.E. Project’s June cover of Suicidal Tendencies’ “You Can’t Bring Me Down,” giving fans another look at the material that has helped shape the duo’s history.
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