{"id":40652,"date":"2025-07-10T18:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/mj-lenderman-covers-just-be-simple\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T18:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:24:27","slug":"mj-lenderman-covers-just-be-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/mj-lenderman-covers-just-be-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"MJ Lenderman Covers &#8216;Just Be Simple&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Teen Suicide, Advance Base, Hand Habits, and Sun June also cover Molina songs for the record<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jason-molina-of-magnolia-electric-co-dead-at-39-105455\/\">Jason Molina<\/a> tribute album is on its way. On Thursday, Run for Cover Records announced <em>I Will Swim to You: a Tribute to Jason Molina<\/em>, a collection of renditions honoring the late leader of alternative bands Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. The label also dropped a cover of \u201cJust Be Simple\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/mj-lenderman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mj-lenderman\" data-tag=\"mj-lenderman\">MJ Lenderman<\/a> and \u201cLeave the City\u201d by Sun June to preview the album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe covers album, scheduled to drop on Sept. 5, is set to feature both fan favorites and deep cuts from across Molina\u2019s discography. Among the covers are ones such as \u201cThe Old Black Hen\u201d performed by Sadurn, \u201cWhip Poor Will\u201d by Teen Suicide, \u201cHard To Love A Man\u201d by Friendship, and \u201cBlue Factory Flame\u201d by Horse Jumper of Love. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MJ Lenderman - &quot;Just Be Simple (Songs: Ohia Cover)&quot; (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pAupBZHz5hk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAlong with becoming digitally available, fans can order one of five vinyl variants of the tribute album, with 10 percent of the profits to be donated to MusiCares, which helped Molina throughout his struggles with addiction. Fans will also be able to access a split 7\u2033 vinyl featuring a previously unreleased recording of Molina performing \u201cThe Last 3 Human Words (Demo)\u201d and MJ Lenderman\u2019s \u201cJust Be Simple\u201d rendition on the B-side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMolina died at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jason-molina-of-magnolia-electric-co-dead-at-39-105455\/\">age 39 of organ failure<\/a> due to alcohol consumption\u00a0in 2013. A prolific songwriter, Molina battled what his label called \u201csevere alcoholism\u201d for a decade, a struggle that came to light in 2011 with a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/content.magnoliaelectricco.com\/post\/22263259381\/where-is-jason-molina\">note posted on Magnolia Electric Company\u2019s website<\/a>\u00a0soliciting donations to help the uninsured musician pay his growing medical bills.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMolina\u2019s music career began in 1996 with Songs: Ohia, a musical project he helmed that featured a rotating cast of collaborators throughout the band\u2019s career. Their last record, 2003\u2019s\u00a0<em>Magnolia Electric Co.<\/em>, was produced by Steve Albini and provided the name of Molina\u2019s next band.\u00a0Magnolia Electric Company released three official studio LPs on Secretly Canadian between 2005 and 2009.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong><em>I Will Swim to You: A Tribute to Jason Molina<\/em> track list:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t1. \u201cJust Be Simple\u201d by MJ Lenderman<br \/>2. \u201cBlue Factory Flame\u201d by Horse Jumper of Love<br \/>3. \u201cThe Dark Don\u2019t Hide It\u201d by Trace Mountains<br \/>4. \u201cLeave The City\u201d by Sun June<br \/>5. \u201cWhen Your Love Has Gone\u201d by Runnner<br \/>6. \u201cThe Old Black Hen\u201d by Sadurn<br \/>7. \u201cEverything Should Try Again\u201d by Advance Base<br \/>8. \u201cLioness\u201d by Hand Habits<br \/>9. \u201cWhip Poor Will\u201d by Teen Suicide<br \/>10. \u201cHard To Love A Man\u201d by Friendship<br \/>11. \u201cShadow Answers The Wall\u201d by Lutalo<br \/>12. \u201cThe Farewell Transmission\u201d by Another Michael<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jason-molina-tribute-album-announced-mj-lenderman-covers-1235382736\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teen Suicide, Advance Base, Hand Habits, and Sun June also cover Molina songs for the record A Jason Molina tribute album is on its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}