The 1975 have released a new cover of “Now Is the Hour.” It’s the Matthew Healy band’s contribution to the soundtrack for Apple TV+’s The New Look. Listen to the song below.
Producer Jack Antonoff is handling the music for The New Look. Contributors to the soundtrack album include Lana Del Rey, Nick Cave, and Florence and the Machine. The songs covered for The New Look fit the show’s mid-century setting.
Clement Scott, Dorothy Stewart, and Maewa Kahihau wrote “Now Is the Hour” in the early 20th century. Bing Crosby recorded one of the most famous renditions of the song in the late 1940s.
Read Pitchfork’s review of the 1975’s most recent studio album, October 2022’s Being Funny in a Foreign Language.