Watch Gang Of Youths Cover LCD Soundsystem For Like A Version

Popular Sydney outfit Gang Of Youths swung by the triple j studios this morning to lend their name to the Like A Version hall of fame with a paradigm-busting seven-and-a-bit-minute full cover of lengthy mid-2000s indie anthem All My Friends, by LCD Soundsystem.

Batting away breakfast co-host Alex Dyson's inquiry as to whether the lads would be taking the "radio edit" route given the original's more-than-seven-minute run time, Gang Of Youths bring a distinctly rockier vibe to the track, doing away with its iconic, persistent piano line in favour of some sparkly guitar strumming, but otherwise they do an honestly pretty tremendous job at evoking the slow-build vibe of melancholic reflection that so indelibly defined LCD Soundsystem's original — and, to their credit, the ultimate payoff, around the six-minute mark, is fittingly ethereal, infectiously ebullient, and impossible to deny.

Get amongst what we are led to believe is officially the longest Like A Version cover in history — certainly, it ranks among the most polished, at any rate — below.