Claudio Sanchez performs songs by Taylor Swift, Smashing Pumpkins and more on new covers album

After sharing plenty of covers over the years, Coheed And Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez has just unveiled a new album entitled Claudio Covers.

The record hears Claudio compile eight varied renditions – from his recent take on The Cure’s Just Like Heaven, to Smashing Pumpkins’ Stumbleine, The Church’s Under The Milky Way, and new covers of Taylor Swift (Welcome To New York) and The Smiths (There Is A Light That Never Goes Out).

“My decision to include Welcome To New York in this collection is two-sided,” Claudio says of TaySway. “First, in 2014, my son was born in a Brooklyn Hospital – Welcome To NY, Atlas! – and when he became aware of this Swifty classic we listened to it even more so than when it was initially released, and if you know my wife, that’s a lot.

“The other side of my choice is… I love NY. When so many fled the city with uncertainty, my family made the decision to plant deeper roots here. There’s no place in the world like it and no place I’d rather spend my downtime. It’s a place that deserves all its tributes and songs. Maybe one day I’ll have one in me… until then, this will have to do.”

Watch the video for Welcome To New York below:

And stream the full record:

The band will release their 10th album The Father Of Make Believe in March. Catch Coheed headlining 2000trees Festival 2025.

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