Pitchfork

Slide guitar brought a touch of the blues to many of the rock songs it graced in the 1960s, but Beach House more often use the technique to add silvery textures to their languorous dream-pop torch songs. Covering "Master of None", arguably the defining track from the Baltimore duo's excellent 2006 self-titled debut, Canadian quartet Young Rival bring back some of the Southern twang that will probably be forever associated with slide guitar ever since Duane Allman ate peaches with the Allman Brothers. Hamilton, Ontario-based Young Rival turn Beach House's gorgeously conflicted lament into a down-home rock'n'roll rave-up, with chugging downstrums and loose, frolicsome slide licks. Lead singer and lead guitarist Aron D'Alesio's vocals, however, stay deep in a 1960s psych-pop-informed reverb haze, recalling post-Oscars Elliott Smith. It's all a contrast to Tory y Moi's "Master of None" cover last year, and it further demonstrates this song's staying power.

MP3:> Young Rival: "Master of None"
[original track from Beach House; out now on Carpark]