Murder By Death tackle Weezer, Elliott Smith, Misfits, more on new covers album

Earlier today, Murder By Death released As You Wish, a 15-track covers album, via their Bandcamp page. As You Wish includes the band's takes on songs by Weezer, Motörhead, Misfits, Elliott Smith, Wilson Phillips and many more. You can stream the record below. As the band explain:

"we did a crazy kickstarter in July of 2012. One of the high-pledge options was for folks to choose a song for us to cover. A huge variety of songs got picked by people from all over, and we went into the studio in December to record them. We had 15 songs we needed to cover and learned, reworked, recorded and mixed them in a sleepy whiskey-fueled 13 days. Some were silly songs, some classics. It was a riot to learn and record them. As of now there are no plans to release them on any format other than digital and our bandcamp site is the only place you can get 'em."

The band will spend May and June on the road both in the U.S. and abroad; dates:

May 02 The Bluestone Columbus, OH

  May 03 The Pilot Light Knoxville, TN

  May 04 Asheville Music Hall Asheville, NC

  May 05 Shaky Knees Music Festival Atlanta, GA

  May 08 Lanificio 15 Rome, Italy

  May 09 Bloom Milan, Italy

  May 11 Razz 3 Barcelona, Spain

  May 12 La Lata de Bombillas Zaragoza, Spain

  May 13 La Boite Madrid, Spain

  May 15 La Maroquinerie Paris, France

  May 16 The Great Escape Brighton, United Kingdom

  May 17 Dingwalls London, United Kingdom

  May 20 Komplex Klub Zurich, Switzerland

  May 21 WUK Vienna, Austria

  May 22 Privat Club Berlin, Germany

  May 27 SLO Brewing Co. San Luis Obispo, CA

  May 28 Fulton 55 Fresno, CA

  May 29 Beauty Bar Las Vegas, NV

  May 30 Soho Santa Barbara, CA  

  Jun 02 Wooly's Des Moines, IA

  Jun 04 George's Majestic Fayetteville, AR

  Jun 06 Mindframe Theater Dubuque, IA