With their cover of Elliott Smith’s “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield are reverent to the late singer-songwriter, even if the track doesn’t quite strike the appropriate tone.
Oftentimes hype way exceeds the result, but in the case of the Avett Brothers, it really is a act you have to see and experience for yourself, because you sincerely won’t regret it. Here’s to next year’s West Coast tour!