Stephen Wilson Jr. has always infused his country music with a strong element of Nineties grunge and alt-rock — he’s described his sound as “Death Cab for Country” in the past. Now, he fully embraces those early influences on the new EP Blankets, a collection of four cover songs, leading off with Nirvana’s “Something in the Way.”

Wilson frequently covers the Kurt Cobain-written track, off Nirvana’s 1991 groundbreaking Nevermind , during his live shows, but here he releases the first studio recording. (He’s also been known to tease the melody of “All Apologies” in his song “Year to Be Young 1994.”)

“I used to listen to this song 100 times a day,” Wilson says in a statement. “There was ‘something in the way’ it was recorded. Kurt sang it lying down on his back, not an easy thing to do

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