Don't Get Lemon/The True Faith "Procession/Everything's Gone Green"

On Procession / Everything’s Gone Green, two of today’s most forward-thinking post-punk acts pay tribute to New Order with reinterpretations that are reverent yet boldly their own. Don’t Get Lemon’s take on “Procession” stays close to the song’s original framework of pulsing synths but reimagines it with a commanding vocal presence. Where Bernard Sumner’s tremulous tenor once wavered, Austin Curtis’s booming delivery lends the track a renewed authority, pulling new weight and gravity from the song’s melancholic lyricism.

True Faith’s version of “Everything’s Gone Green” pushes in a different direction, draping the track in layers of shoegaze-infused guitars and dense atmospherics. Their approach fuses New Order’s synth-driven pulse with the darker, drone-laden textures that recall Joy Division’s stark intensity, offering a sonic bridge between past and future. It’s a reinterpretation that acknowledges the spirit of Ian Curtis while hinting at the psychedelic experimentation that would define New Order’s evolution.

Together, the two tracks feel less like simple covers and more like conversations across time, with each band uncovering new shades of meaning in the familiar. Procession / Everything’s Gone Green captures the enduring relevance of New Order’s catalog while highlighting the vitality of the contemporary post-punk scene carrying that torch forward.