Alexisonfire have released a brand new music video for their cover of “Neighbourhood Villain” by defunct Canadian alternative rockers Doughboys. Mathieu Gosselin helmed the clip, which arrives in tandem with the release of Alexisonfire‘s Canadian artist covers EP, “Copes Of Old Masters Volume 1“. That set saw a release today, November 07th and also finds Alexisonfire covering songs by The Tragically Hip, Shallow North Dakota and Rusty.
As for today’s latest rendition, Alexisonfire vocalist George Pettit stated:
“‘Neighbourhood Villain‘ has a real coming-of-age, mischief vibe that transports me right back to a time when teenagers in small towns used to shoot out street lights with BB guns from their Haro Sport BMX bikes — back pegs only so you can double your buddy to the Beckers to shoplift some Bonkers.”
John Kashner of Doughboys fame went on to add:
“I thought the Alexisonfire version of ‘Neighbourhood Villain’ was kind of true to the original. Actually, I thought it was better than the original, quite honestly. To hear such an awesome Toronto band do our song, we’re just grateful and humbled…the fact that a band like that is doing a song I wrote is really flattering.”
