I-94 Recordings is on an absolute roll with its "Detroit B-side covers" 7" series. David Bierman Overdrive's "She Don't Love You" is the sixth installment in the series and the fourth to be released this year. It's also the third to feature a Detroit-based band. You may remember David Bierman from his time leading Junk Monkeys — one of the greatest American indie rock and roll bands of the late '80s and early '90s (any fan of this blog would be well-served to track down a copy of the 1992 full-length Bliss). Bierman stepped away from the music business for two decades but resurfaced in 2014 with his new band David Bierman Overdrive. On board were some of the finest musicians in the Detroit rock and roll scene: bassist Kevin Perri (Junk Monkeys, Brian McCarty’s Big Bad Beat), keyboardist Dave Feeny (American Mars, Blanche), guitarist Stephen Palmer (High Strung, Back in Spades), and guitarist Jim Faulkner (Blueflowers, Beggars). This lineup has remained constant since the band's inception. "She Don't Love You" is the band's second single and first new release in five years. The A-side is vintage David Bierman Overdrive — a Replacements-style mid-tempo melodic rocker with a pinch of alt-country. I won't ruin it for you entirely, but I will say the song is far from the total downer you'd expect based on the title. For its Detroit cover on the B-side, the band took on "Nope," a song from Outrageous Cherry's 1997 album Nothing's Gonna Cheer You Up. The original put a noisy '90s spin on classic '60s pop. The DBO version honors the song's timeless melodies even as it remakes it in its signature style. I love that this cover will shine the light on a really great but often overlooked Detroit band.
With this on-going series of 7" releases, I-94 Recordings celebrates Detroit and also showcases some of the finest bands and artists in today's rock and roll underground. If this is your introduction to David Bierman Overdrive, you can dig deeper into its catalog over at its Bandcamp page. As is the case for all the installments in the series, "She Don't Love You" is available in many, many different colors of vinyl. Head on over to the I-94 web site to purchase a copy or a bundle of the entire series!
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