{"id":44614,"date":"2025-08-22T16:56:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/stephen-wilson-jr-covers-nirvana-smashing-pumpkins-on-blankets-ep\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:56:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:56:42","slug":"stephen-wilson-jr-covers-nirvana-smashing-pumpkins-on-blankets-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/stephen-wilson-jr-covers-nirvana-smashing-pumpkins-on-blankets-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Wilson Jr. Covers Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins on &#8216;Blankets&#8217; EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Nashville&#8217;s country-grunge artist announces the project with a studio version of Nirvana&#8217;s &#8220;Something in the Way&#8221;<\/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\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/stephen-wilson-jr\/\" id=\"auto-tag_stephen-wilson-jr\" data-tag=\"stephen-wilson-jr\">Stephen Wilson Jr.<\/a> has always infused his country music with a strong element of Nineties grunge and alt-rock \u2014 he\u2019s described his sound as \u201cDeath Cab for Country\u201d in the past. Now, he fully embraces those early influences on the new EP Blankets, a collection of four cover songs, leading off with Nirvana\u2019s \u201cSomething in the Way.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWilson <a href=\"https:\/\/v\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">frequently covers<\/a> the Kurt Cobain-written track, off Nirvana\u2019s 1991 groundbreaking <em>Nevermind<\/em>, during his live shows, but here he releases the first studio recording. (He\u2019s also been known to tease the melody of \u201cAll Apologies\u201d in his song \u201cYear to Be Young 1994.\u201d)<\/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=\"Stephen Wilson Jr. - Something In The Way (Lyric Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1M-dbmoo4og?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\t\u201cI used to listen to this song 100 times a day,\u201d Wilson says in a statement. \u201cThere was \u2018something in the way\u2019 it was recorded. Kurt sang it lying down on his back, not an easy thing to do. It\u2019s magic. There\u2019s also something in the way that he transported this hillbilly kid from southern Indiana to Seattle, Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDue Aug. 29, <em>Blankets<\/em> also includes Wilson\u2019s versions of the Smashing Pumpkins\u2019 \u201cTonight, Tonight,\u201d off 1995\u2019s <em>Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness<\/em>; the Postal Service\u2019s \u201cClark Gable,\u201d from 2003\u2019s <em>Give Up<\/em>; and Temple of the Dog\u2019s enduring \u201cHunger Strike,\u201d the Chris Cornell-Eddie Vedder collab that was a staple of MTV in 1992.<\/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\u201cI\u2019m very much an indie-rock kid at heart,\u201d the songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/stephen-wilson-jr-country-son-of-dad-interview-1235288611\/\">told <em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> in March. \u201cBut I\u2019m a country songwriter. I write songs from a rural perspective and a blue-collar perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWilson is currently on the road with Hardy and on his own headlining dates. He\u2019ll also perform at Marcus King Band\u2019s Family Reunion this weekend in North Charleston, South Carolina, and headline a pair of sold-out shows at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Nov. 23 and 24.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/stephen-wilson-jr-covers-nirvana-blankets-1235413981\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville&#8217;s country-grunge artist announces the project with a studio version of Nirvana&#8217;s &#8220;Something in the Way&#8221; Stephen Wilson Jr. has always infused his country&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":44615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44614","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\/44614","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=44614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}