Riskee & The Ridicule Cover Lana Del Rey’s ‘Young And Beautiful’

Not a band you can second guess, unpredictable Kent punks Riskee And The Ridicule follow-up their first lockdown release in May, the seething anger of the Brexit-baiting single ‘Blue Jacket’, with their own respectful take on Lana Del Rey’s 2013 hit, ‘Young And Beautiful’. This, however, is no guilty pleasure for the band, who are longtime fans of Lana’s work, frontman Scott Picking explains “Lana Del Rey is one of pop music’s best storytellers, there’s something about her music that is so intense and descriptive that it’s movie-like and in these times of being locked down, that type of escapism has been a personal paradise. In choosing this song, I knew I could bring something different vocally and musically, we were excited about changing the song dynamically while stay...

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