Grizzly Bear & Michael McDonald - "While You Wait For the Others"

The latest single from critical darlings Grizzly Bear was recently released as a 7" single with the original version of "While You Wait For the Others" on one side and the same song except lead vocals are taken over by Steely Dan/Doobie Brother Michael McDonald on the b-side. The track works surprisingly well given that it is the same instrumentation (not some juiced up Motown style thing that McDonald has become notorious for in his later years) and McDonald's voice fits. Although it's hard to think of McDoanld these days without recalling this 40-Year Old Virgin clip, the distinctly voiced McDonald gels well with these Brooklynites.