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Stephen Brodsky (Cave In, Mutoid Man) is streaming an acoustic cover of Neurosis’ “Under The Surface” via Decibel. You can check that out HERE. The track will appear Brodsky’s new covers album, “Cut To The Core Vol. 2,” which will be released on February 3.

Brodsky said the following about being introduced to Neurosis for the first time:

“My introduction to Neurosis was Adam McGrath (Cave In) talking about seeing them on the Through Silver in Blood tour and being completely overwhelmed – that definitely got my attention. Fast forward to early 1999, and Cave In is hanging out at the Hydra Head Records office in Mission Hill, aka Aaron Turner’s bedroom. Aaron mentions he has an unmastered cassette of the new Neurosis album that someone at Relapse sent him discreetly. He’s already listened to it multiple times and assures us it’s GOOD, like REAL good.

Because we’re dying to know – what does Neurosis sound like recorded by Steve Albini?! In 2026, it’s hard to imagine how or why this combination of band/engineer would seem so shocking, but back then it was a different story. We just sat there listening and my first impression was “Holy shit, this is LOUD. Like, DANGEROUSLY loud.” It was a righteous time for Cave In, as we were writing the Jupiter album and drawing inspiration from Neurosis among other influences new and exciting to us.”

He also added the following about the cover:

“It happened in May of last year. The real trick was to make it all feel natural. There’s a strong sense of spirituality in Neurosis’s music, which thankfully lends itself well to acoustic instruments. The eight-string baritone was an obvious choice, to keep things heavy sounding. And I made sure to feature the Mooger Fooger analog delay that I’ve had for 25 years after Steve Von Till convinced me to get one. Playing the melodica through it resulted in some approximation of those cool Noah Landis noises in the spacey section. All in all, it took maybe a few days to reimagine/rehearse/record/film.”