Beloved Norwegian songwriter ERLEND ØYE spent a week in Guayaquil and Ecuador last February where he also recorded a cover of the legendary THE SMITHS evergreen Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now for Gabrador. That version now surfaced online in the form of haunting acoustic session. NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION recently also celebrated the 15th anniversary of the KINGS OF CONVENIENCE debut while we also hoped for the release of a new LP. The following performance comes pretty close, right? Witniss his take on Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now right now.
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