Nashville’s beloved alt-rock band Creature Comfort gets lovey-dovey on their cover of “If Not For You.” The song is the group’s first new single since 2021, and is a peek at their EP out next month. Comprised of Jessey Clark (vocals), Taylor Cole (drums), Al Robinson (slide and acoustic guitar/vocals), Cole Bearden (bass) and Jo Cleary (violin), the genre-bending band has cultivated a dedicated fanbase and performed sets at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival and Lightning 100’s Live on the Green. Their 2020 album Home Team, which features the infectious, foot-stomping single “Big, Buff, and Handsome,” earned widespread critical acclaim.
“I was washing clothes one day thinking about really great love songs, like something that we could walk down the aisle to,” Clark. “I was listening to All Things Must Pass and when ‘If Not For You’ came on, I just fucking started weeping while putting clothes into the washer and tossing some other ones into the dryer. I immediately knew that I wanted that to be some part of our wedding.”
“I’m an epic gift-giver and I knew I had to do something good,” Clark continues. “I decided to record a bunch of love songs that meant something to both of us together as a surprise gift for my wife the day after our wedding. I wanted to make it a full production, not just some crummy demo in our room, so I asked the band if they wanted to help me.
“We went into the studio and ‘If Not For You’ was the first one we did, which originally sounded a lot more like the George Harrison version from All Things Must Pass. Then out of nowhere, our drummer, Taylor Cole, just started playing this upbeat sort of funky rhythm and it totally shifted and became our own.”
The song is sweet and jangly and Clark performs with a sincerity that makes the song fresh all over again.
Creature Comfort’s EP The Honeymoon will be out on April 14th.
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