Maryland-based rock cellist Gordon Withers brings post-punk, post-hardcore and emo songs into a stripped-down cello setting. He performs with the J Robbins Band and New Freedom Sound and has released a long-running series of cello tributes and original recordings.
Maryland rock cellist Gordon Withers has released Never Meant: A Benefit for SPLC, a two-track set pairing a cello arrangement of American Football’s “Never Meant” with a cover of Ethel Meserve’s “Calba’s Last.”
The double single was mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio and features artwork by Nathan Shumaker of The Burning Paris. It arrives through Sweet Cheetah Records’ Covers For A Cause series, with all proceeds after fees donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Withers said a full version of “Never Meant” felt inevitable after American Football fans responded to the cello riffs he shared on social media. He chose “Calba’s Last” for the B-side as a way to bring more attention to Ethel Meserve’s lesser-known ’90s emo and post-hardcore catalog.
Stream and purchase Never Meant: A Benefit for SPLC below.
