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TRACK: Temptation

WHO: Jarvis and Beth, who may be familiar to a handful of you followers of obscure, arcane indie.

WHAT: Indie icons uniting in honour of indie heads everywhere.

WE SAY: There are some instances when your brain decides it likes a track, even without actually hearing it. In fact, sometimes you then don’t want to hear it, for fear that it isn’t actually as good as what’s in your head. And it’s incredibly difficult to not be charmed by anything the Cocker and Ditto do, they both have that audio MSG-quality. So the thought of two indie icons ganging up to take on Heaven 17’s spangly Eighties classic should be temptation enough.

This is hitting the light of day now thanks to mp3 download site Emusic’s part of the Independent's Day celebrations, which means that while the Americans can spend 4th of July firing off guns and having large portions of everything, the rest of us can give thanks for the existence of indie artists working outside of the major label constraints. This may include Chumbawamba though. You also get the chance to savour Tom Smith from The Editors’ take on Prefab Sprout’s Bonny and Jose Gonzales gamely taking on Love Will Tear Us Apart, as well as contributions from the likes of The Futureheads, The Cribs, Maximo Park and The Prodigy.

But Temptation alone is worth sniffing out on its own. Taking what’s already a fairly arched-eyebrow piece of suited pop, our flamboyant friends increase the camp, turning it into a stomping glamrock joyfest, with Cocker’s sculpted geekishness rampaged all over by Ditto’s mighty lungs. It’s pure pantomime, but there’s no harm in that.

IF YOU ONLY NEED TO KNOW ONE THING: Temptation was originally performed live by the pair at the 2007 NME awards.

WHERE CAN I GET MY HANDS ON IT: Independents Day is available exlusively via emusic between the July 4 and 6.

FIND MORE: www.emusic.com

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