A couple years ago, this wonderful video game came out called Paradise Killer, and one of the many fantastic aspects of that game is the soundtrack by the producer Epoch. Since then, I’ve kept an ear on what they’ve been up to, and for the most part it’s all high quality, juicy “city pop”, and no one does it quite like Epoch.

Imagine my surprise when Epoch, along with regular guest vocalist Fiona Lynch, put out a covers album. Unfortunately for my music cred, I only recognized one song name on the album, and my immediate visceral reaction to seeing “You Oughta Know” was to recoil in horror. A city pop version of Alanis Morrisette’s most grunge-coded song? It can’t possibly work!

But, you know what, it does. I mean, I’m biased, I like Epoch’s sound in general. And Fiona Lynch dials in a fantastic snarl we’ve never gotten to hear from her before. It’s fun! I can’t complain.