Listen to Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez cover Taylor Swift & more on new EP

Friday, December 20, 2024 at 11:00 AM

Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez has released a new covers EP, featuring his take on Taylor Swift's "Welcome to New York."

In a statement, Sanchez shares that he wanted to put his spin on "Welcome to New York" for two reasons.

"First, in 2014, my son was born in a Brooklyn Hospital (Welcome To NY, Atlas!)," Sanchez says. "When he became aware of this Swifty classic we listened to it even more so than when it was initially released, and if you know my wife, that's a lot."

"The other side of my choice is…I love NY," he continues. "When so many fled the city with uncertainty, my family made the decision to plant deeper roots here. There's no place in the world like it and no place I'd rather spend my downtime. It's a place that deserves all its tributes and songs. Maybe one day I'll have one in me… until then, this will have to do."

You can listen to Sanchez's cover of "Welcome to New York" and his EP, aptly titled Claudio Covers, now via digital outlets. The eight-track collection also includes renditions of The Cure's "Just Like Heaven," Bastille's "Pompeii," Night Ranger's "Sister Christian" and The Smiths' "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out."

Coheed, meanwhile, is prepping a new album, The Father of Make Believe, due out March 14. They'll support the record on a co-headlining tour with Mastodon in May.