Elvis Costello Sings With Joker Out, Writes Lyrics To “New Wave” Track

Elvis Costello was so inspired by the band Joker Out’s song “Novi Val” that he not only took it upon himself to write English lyrics for it, he also sang on it. “New Wave”, the new song, is available on all streaming platforms.

Here’s what Costello says about the collaboration:

When Joker Out first sent me “Novi Val” and I found that the title translated as “New Wave”, it couldn’t help but raise a smile.

As older readers may remember this was a tag that some wag borrowed from French cinephiles and attached to any beat group music from 1977 that didn’t either fit into glitter pants and platform shoes with a lick of mascara and rouge and couldn’t exactly be called “Punk.”

It was a flag of convenience but no group worth its salt ever called themselves “New Wave. // Continue to the full article

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