Mo Troper, the Portland power-pop musician whose most up-to-date full-length MTV was our Album Of The Week, places out covers with some regularity. A pair months in the past, he supplied up his tackle Chris Bell’s “I Am The Cosmos” and a short while after that he had his hand in a Ducks. Ltd cowl of the Feelies. This weekend, he’s shared a home-spun model of the Beach Boys’ “Wonderful,” written for Smile and included on 1967’s Smiley Smile.
“happy st patrick’s night,” Mo Troper wrote in a tweet. “i recorded this cover of beach boys/smile classic ‘wonderful’ . i love studying the masters. hope you enjoy, cheers and have an incredible weekend.”
Listen beneath.