Katie Cruel Will Drop "Nights In White Satin"

Katie Cruel returns with a spellbinding new interpretation of “Nights In White Satin,” the enduring classic by The Moody Blues and the latest release from her ongoing Cruel Covers project. Following her haunting take on The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Disarm,” Katie Cruel — the musical project of Canadian singer-songwriter Kate Boothman — once again steps inside a song that has followed her through her life, reshaping it through her own dreamy, cinematic lens.

“‘Nights In White Satin’ has been rattling around my solo couch sessions for years,” Katie says. “The lyrics have always resonated and it’s easy to play. When I decided to make a cover record, this one was at the top of my list.” The connection runs deep: The Moody Blues’ landmark Days of Future Passed has long been one of Katie’s “desert island records,” making the song an instinctive choice when she began exploring the music that had shaped her. “It came easy and fast,” she says of recording her version. “This version is a little bit Sherwood Forest and a little bit Serge Gainsbourg. We had fun with it.”

Cruel Covers grew out of a period of creative reflection following the release of Katie Cruel’s acclaimed debut album, Lost Vagus. After years spent writing and recording her own material, Katie found herself searching for inspiration without wanting to force another batch of original songs into existence. Instead, she turned toward the records and artists that had moved her over the years, asking what might happen if she inhabited someone else’s story for a while. With “Nights In White Satin,” that approach transforms a familiar classic into something distinctly Katie Cruel: atmospheric, mysterious and a little strange, while preserving the aching romanticism that made her fall in love with the song in the first place.