Stephen Brodsky of Cave In, Mutoid Man, etc. fame has released his acoustic reimagining of Neurosis‘ “Under The Surface“. This rendition is part of Brodsky‘s upcoming second volume of acoustic covers of primarily hardcore and metalcore songs originating from the 90s. These compilations spawned from a series of videos he began posting online on social media last year, paying tribute to the various bands that influenced him.
The first entry in that series, “Cut To The Core Vol. 1“, came out on Halloween of last year and saw him reworking songs originally performed by Converge, Snapcase, Into Another and more. This second compilation, “Cut To The Core Vol. 2“, will be out on February 03rd and see him taking on songs from Gorilla Biscuits, 108, Piebald and more.
At the moment, his Neurosis cover is exclusively streaming via Decibel, whom he also gave a new interview to about it. Speaking on his background with Neurosis, Brodsky offered:
“My introduction to Neurosis was Adam McGrath (Cave In) talking about seeing them on the Through Silver in Blood tour and being completely overwhelmed – that definitely got my attention. Fast forward to early 1999, and Cave In is hanging out at the Hydra Head Records office in Mission Hill, aka Aaron Turner’s bedroom. Aaron mentions he has an unmastered cassette of the new Neurosis album that someone at Relapse sent him discreetly. He’s already listened to it multiple times and assures us it’s GOOD, like REAL good.
Because we’re dying to know – what does Neurosis sound like recorded by Steve Albini?! In 2026, it’s hard to imagine how or why this combination of band/engineer would seem so shocking, but back then it was a different story. We just sat there listening and my first impression was “Holy shit, this is LOUD. Like, DANGEROUSLY loud.” It was a righteous time for Cave In, as we were writing the Jupiter album and drawing inspiration from Neurosis among other influences new and exciting to us.”
