People really liked Phoenix‘s latest album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, but soon after they blew up in the media, all the hipsters started to fall off the wagon as they usually do. I am not one of the people who fell off. Everyone was spinning that album in the summer of 2009 and they were doing it for a legitimate reason.

The album had more than a handful of hits and even though “radio-friendly” often comes with a negative connotation, Phoenix is one band that plays both cards well in regards to a broader mainstream audience as well as an indie niche. Not only did I love their remix album which featured remixes from Passion Pit, Chairlift, Animal Collective, Devendra Banhart and more but songs like “Lisztomania” and “1901” will always make me a little happier when I hear them.

A cover they did on KEXP along with some other great acoustic performances surfaced via We All Want Someone, and I agree with him. Great covers like this should always be shared. Phoenix’s take on Air‘s “Playground Love,” a song off of the The Virgin Suicides soundtrack I had come to love over the last decade, sounded oddly familiar to me even though it’s not the original. It’s probably because the vocals on Air’s “Playground Love” are credited to a Gordon Track who actually turns out to be Phoenix’s Thomas Mars.

Take a listen to Phoenix’s take on it below!

Mp3: Phoenix – Playground Love (Air cover)