Beck Recruits MGMT, Devendra Banhart & Little Joy to Cover Leonard Cohen

According to Pitchfork, the second round of Beck's Record Club series has begun, this time with a gathering of his musician friends recording a cover of Leonard Cohen's 1967 album Songs of Leonard Cohen. The recruited group is made up of Devendra Banhart, MGMT, Binki Shapiro from Little Joy, and Brian Lebarton and Bram Inscore from his touring band.

You can listen to the first track, "Suzanne," with a new song added once a week. It's a big group sing-along accompanied by a junk shop groove. Beck's Web site says, "There is no intention to 'add to' the original work or attempt to recreate the power of the original recording. Only to play music and document what happens. And those who aren't familiar with the albums in question will hopefully look for the songs in their definitive versions."