Hear Lower Dens Cover Hall and Oates’ “Maneater”

Lower Dens have shared their cover of Hall and Oates’ “Maneater,” a song they’ve performed live in the past. It is set to appear on amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research’s new charity album The Time Is Now, which is out October 7 (via Republic Records/Mass Appeal Records). Hear Lower Dens’ cover below.

The Time Is Now is a collection of ’80s covers. It includes the recently released cover of New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle” by Sugar for Sugar—Scarlett Johansson’s band with Julia Haltigan, Holly Miranda, and Kendra Morris. There’s also Phantogram covering Phil Collins, Metric playing the Church, Aloe Blacc singing Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean,” and more. See the full tracklist and cover artwork below.

Revisit Pitchfork’s feature “The Best 200 Songs of the 1980s.”

The Time Is Now:

01 Phantogram: “Take Me Home” (Phil Collins cover)
02 Sugar for Sugar: “Bizarre Love Triangle” (New Order cover)
03 Metric: “Under the Milky Way” (The Church cover)
04 Brazilian Girls: “Whip It” (Devo cover)
05 Bebel Gilberto: “Rio” (Duran Duran cover)
06 DNCE: “What’s Love Got to Do With It” (Tina Turner cover)
07 Aloe Blacc: “Billie Jean” (Michael Jackson cover)
08 Dita Von Teese and Sebastien Tellier: “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” (Culture Club cover)
09 Lower Dens: “Maneater” (Hall and Oates cover)
10 Chaos Chaos: “Genius of Love” (Tom Tom Club cover)
11 Marian Hill “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” (Whitney Houston cover)
12 LP: “Pride (In the Name of Love)” (U2 cover)
13 Yuna: “Lovesong” (The Cure cover)
14 Theophilus London: “Dance Hall Days” (Wang Chung cover)

Watch the music video for Hall and Oates’ original “Maneater”:

Watch Lower Dens perform “I Get Nervous” at Pitchfork Music Festival 2012:

via Sheldon Pearce