Simone White- Classical-pop cover of Breeders' "Fortunately Gone" | Listen Now

Teaming-up neo-classical composer, cellist, and producer Brent Arnold, the pair have conjured-up a delightful take on The Breeders’ “Fortunately Gone”.

Stripping away the grunge-infused stylistics of the original and replenishing them with bright string sections and crisp vocal duets; the result is a refreshing revision of the 1990 ‘Pod’ album classic.

As Simone White says of the track:

“With pulsing plucked strings launching into a playful and soaring arrangement, this delicate short duet is sweet and like two swallows flying on a spring day, suddenly gone.”

Tying-in neatly with her new album release ‘Letter To The Last Generation’, the producer of "Fortunately Gone”, Brent Arnold worked with Simone on the stunning recent single “Blueprint”, which preceded the record. "Fortunately Gone” is streaming on all services now.

About “Letter To The Last Generation”

From the majestic “Tiny Drop” (featuring Andrew Bird on violin), the soaring apocalyptic pop of “This Is All You Felt” to the lost in space Radiohead-like “So It Goes” and the confessional introduction “Shadow Pass”; Simone’s latest release ‘Letter To The Last Generation’ is a sonic journey through a fractured landscape of emotions with White's vocals as the guide. The title track is an apology to the perhaps not too distant future.

As Simone explains of the album:

“It’s an album that feels to me like a transformation of heartache, darkness and doubt into hope. The sound that came out of working with producer Pete Min and the great musicians he gathered paired with all my preoccupations and weltschmerz seems to give it the feeling of a concept album and the songs that were personal when I wrote them took on a celestial quality, as if existing in some futuristic story.”

Biog

Hawaii born singer-songwriter Simone White has released eight albums spanning simple acoustic folk, Americana and electronic indie.

You may remember her from her records on the UK’s Honest Jon's label: I am the Man (2007) , Yakiimo (2009) and Silver Silver (2012) all critically acclaimed by Der Spiegel among others (MOJO, Uncut). German Rolling Stone made a five page focus piece on her in 2009 calling her "one of the really great American songwriters".