Ex-touring bassist for Canadian thrash-metal veterans ANNIHILATOR, Dave Sheldon, has started a new project: EXES FOR EYES. The artist (who has since reverted back to guitar) has enlisted the Montreal vocal juggernaut “Big” James Arsenian of the band ENDAST, to front the brand new metallic monolith.

Their debut CD The Amsler Grid (release details TBA) contains a cover song written by one of Britain's most successful pop acts, TEARS FOR FEARS. Break It Down Again' was released as the first single from their 1993 album Elemental. The song was an international hit, reaching #20 in the UK, #25 in the US, and the Top 40 in several other countries, and also reached #1 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was the second single released after the departure of Curt Smith from the band (after 'Laid So Low' in 1992). As with the Elemental album, the song featured Roland Orzabal with peripheral Tears For Fears band members Alan Griffiths and Gail Ann Dorsey.

Sheldon says: "We chose to do a cover not for the sake of lack of original material (as we had 22 original songs to choose from) but as a way to ease people into the sound of Exes For Eyes. Not only are people familiar with Tears For Fears and the track itself, but it leant itself to our sound. So naturally, we though it would be an easy transition for people to get into what it is that we do. It turned out really well."

The Exes version can be heard below:

A third must-see version featuring the video stylings of internet sensation TITANICTWINS can be seen below: