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This is the only ‘Shake It Off’ cover necessary

Scream it off.

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Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” has been infinitely covered, but one band just put out the only revision that matters right now. 

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New Jersey’s Screaming Females recently covered the song for the A.V. Club’s Undercover series, and they managed to elevate and not just ape. The band’s centrifugal force is guitarist Marissa Paternoster, and she twists Swift’s pop-hiccup lyrics into deep-heaved missives. The mid-song breakdown lets Paternoster loose on a solo that was desperately missing from the original. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm1-bVYio1k

If there’s not a montage on YouTube of all her live solos yet, there should be. Here’s a couple for you to swim in. 

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H/T The A.V. Club | Screengrab via The A.V. Club/YouTube 

 
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