Artist: Duncan Sheik (Depeche Mode Cover)

Duncan Sheik -- singer/songwriter and co-creator of the Tony-winning Broadway rock musical Spring Awakening expands his fall '10 EP of classic U.K. 80's songs to a 12-track full-length // Release : Covers 80 (June 7) // Sounds like : tracks that were heavy on the Brit synth-pop tradition get a more organic feel...even Depeche Mode's "Stripped" gets a banjo twang // What we like : the classic Tears For Fears song "Shout" is an interesting interpretation with some vocal support by Rachael Yamagata...and how can we not love a Blue Nile [...]

• Duncan Sheik (Depeche Mode Cover) - Stripped