Film & Television Composer, Multi-instrumentalist & Illustrator Silas Hite of Satin Cowboy & The Seven Deadly Sins Unleashes Jarring Cover of Metric's "Other Side" (The Witzard Premiere)
"I've always been big fan of
Metric
. Their lyrics are always so impactful and their music delivers so much genuine emotion, from sadness to elation and all the complications in between. What struck me the most about
"Other Side"
was the beauty of the lyrics and the vocal melody. Those were the two elements I tried to be faithful to in my cover; although, I ended up giving the melody a bit of my own flavor when I sang it,"
film and television composer, multi-instrumentalist, artist, and illustrator
wrote within a recent email. He's of course, referring to his recent cover of
Metric
's
"Other Side"
from their 2015 album,
Pagans In Vegas
—founding members
Emily Haines
and
Jason Shaw
recently re-joined forces with with their long-standing
Toronto
-based musical collective,
Broken Social Scene
, to prep their first proper album in some seven years,
Hug of Thunder
.
Silas Hite
did the vocals, guitar, bass, drums, and keys himself on
and additionally recorded, mixed, and produced his
Metric
cover. He then recruited cellist
Timothy Loo
and violinist
Nancy Kuo
to help put a few finishing flourishes on the tracks, which was mastered by
Hans DeKline
at
Sound Bites Dog
.
Silas Hite
's complex, yet fittingly simplistic
"Other Side"
single artwork was designed by
Los Angeles
-based graphic artist
Derek "D-WREX" Zimmerman
.
Silas Hite
has had a rather long-standing
himself and over the course of the last 14 years, has amassed quite a staggering resume of credits: co-scoring
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
and
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
with his uncle
Mark Mothersbaugh (DEVO)
, scoring episodes of Chef's Table, contributing music to
Catfish: The TV Show
, The Simpsons Game,
American Pickers
, Pawn Stars, and
Keeping Up with The Kardashians
, as well as popular commercials for
Apple
,
,
Chevy
, Dunkin' Donuts,
Microsoft
, and most recently,
Chipotle
. Hite has additionally performed with a variety of genre-blending bands including, but not limited to,
Satin Cowboy & The Seven Deadly Sins
, Alma Sangre,
Hellbeast of The Night
, Happiness Realization Party, and
Project Parallel
.
"Other Side"
is currently available for streaming on
Silas Hite
's personal
Bandcamp
and
Soundcloud
pages, as well as both
Apple Music
and
for an extremely reasonable $0.99 price tag.
Silas Hite
tells me he's currently scoring two video games that are scheduled to come out this upcoming
Fall
(although, he can't mention any names yet) and just finished a commercial campaign for
Chipotle
that's playing on TV right now. Hite additionally mentioned he's hard at work on the third full-length from his
American Rock "N" Roll
band,
Satin Cowboy & The Seven Deadly Sins
.