Squirrel Flower Covers Caroline Polachek

Photo by Maria Gelsomini

It may be the b-side of a new single, but considering how obsessed we are with covers, we kinda need to cover this one. Squirrel Flower has recently released a single titled "Take It or Leave It," and for the b-side she has included a cover of Caroline Polachek's "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings." Despite this being a cover, this sounds like it could have been included on Squirrel Flower's 2020 album of the year candidate I Was Born Swimming. For a cover, this one fits the artist perfectly. 

Ella O'Connor Williams (aka Squirrel Flower) explains the story behind the cover: “For the last show of my truncated tour in March, my band and I decided to play a cover of ‘So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings’ after rehearsing it once during sound check (we are all huge Caroline Polachek fans),” says Williams. “It was the last song I played live before quarantine. I got home from tour and immediately recorded it in my basement.”

You can listen to Squirrel Flower's cover of "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings" below. You can also check out "Take It or Leave It" here. For more on Squirrel Flowers, check out the artist's website.