The Sword‘s cover of Jethro Tull‘s “Locomotive Breath” has newly gone up online. The returning Austin, TX stoner/doom band laid down this rendition for an upcoming tribute to the aforementioned prog rock legends.
The Sword‘s contribution is part of a tribute to Jethro Tull‘s fourth studio album, 1971’s 3x multi-platinum “Aqualung“. That compilation has been titled “Aqualung Redux” and will be out December 06th on Magnetic Eye.
The Sword had a bit of help for their take, with Zombi‘s Steve Moore and Doom Side Of The Moon‘s Jason Frey assisting with the extra instrumentation. The Sword‘s bassist Bryan Richie stated:
“The Sword is definitely no stranger to tackling cover songs. It’s a challenge we’ve always enjoyed over the course of our time as a band. For Magnetic Eye‘s ‘Aqualung Redux‘ project, we thought ‘Locomotive Breath‘ was the perfect track to take a stab at. Live versions of the song certainly prove it was a killer in the band’s arsenal.
For the piano intro, we enlisted our dear friend Steve Moore (Zombi) and on flute Jason Frey (Hard Proof, Doom Side of the Moon) for their proven expertise. Never before had we ever thought to include a flute in a Sword track, but when the opportunity arose with this compilation, we had to give it a shot! We had a ton of fun with this one!”
“Aqualung Redux” track listing:
01 – Chris Goss & Alain Johannes – “Aqualung”
02 – The Well – “Cross-Eyed Mary”
03 – Osi And The Jupiter – “Cheap Day Return”
04 – Huntsmen – “Mother Goose”
05 – The Otolith – “Wond’ring Aloud”
06 – Motorpsycho – “Up To Me”
07 – Big Scenic Nowhere – “My God”
08 – Saturna – “Hymn 43”
09 – Mammoth Volume – “Slipstream”
10 – The Sword – “Locomotive Breath”
11 – Domkraft & Arvid Hällagård – “Wind-Up”
A companion Jethro Tull tribute album, “Best Of Jethro Tull Redux“, will arrive on the same date as the “Aqualung” tribute. It will run as follows:
01 – Mr Bison – “Reasons For Waiting”
02 – Sweat – “Back To The Family”
03 – Hashtronaut – “Bungle In The Jungle”
04 – Elephant Tree – “We Used To Know”
05 – The Golden Grass – “The Teacher”
06 – Sergeant Thunderhoof – “Son”
07 – Oceanlord – “Sweet Dream”
08 – Lowrider/Elephant Tree – “Nothing To Say”
