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PREMIERE: Olympic Music Covers Sting’s “You Still Touch Me” On Debut Release [Watch]

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While you may not be familiar with Olympic Music—aka Andy Guinn—if you’ve ever seen indie-jam outfit Moon Taxi perform live, then you’ve seen his handiwork. Prior to the pandemic, Guinn was out on the road with Moon Taxi as a guitar tech, but today he is venturing out on his own with his first-ever release as Olympic Music in the form of a cover of Sting‘s “You Still Touch Me”.

While it may seem odd to start a music career with a cover, especially one as out-of-the-blue as the track off The Police frontman’s 1996 album Mercury Falling, Guinn is adamant that his rendition is more individual than you might think.

“I loved the idea of putting out a unique version of a cover as the first thing to introduce people to Olympic Music,” Guinn explains to Live For Live Music. “We have the full-length album more or less done and I wanted to find a way to pull people into the project before announcing the album. This Sting song, ‘You Still Touch Me’, was one we jammed a lot when taking breaks in the studio. It was like a breath of fresh air to energize everyone. We tried to tap into some of the beauty in what Sting wrote while also taking it to new heights.”

From the first notes of the indie-alt take on the track, listeners are immediately awash in that fresh air. Simultaneously, the video directed by Alex Justice—who has worked with such stars as Chance The RapperMaggie Rogers, and Halsey—delivers the calming breeze of the coast with footage that looks like it’s straight out of an independent film, featuring a quick shot of Salvation Mountain in the California desert.

While the Olympic Music project is Guinn’s own, he has been working with Moon Taxi’s Spencer Thomson on his debut record, which began production back in March 2020. Contributions have also come from his frequent collaborator Will Eubanks Even with the input of his longtime friend and part-time co-worker, the album abounds with a myriad of influences from Fleetwood Mac to The 1975. As for what he wants listeners to experience when they encounter the album, Guinn’s hope is simple: “I think I want people to find comfort in the album, and maybe a little bit of hope. This album is for driving, running, moving forward.”

Watch the music video for the first-ever release from Olympic Music, a cover of Sting’s “You Still Touch Me”, below:

Olympic Music – “You Still Touch Me” (Sting)

[Video: Olympic Music]

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