{"id":21113,"date":"2026-07-29T16:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21113"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:42:17","slug":"brendan-angelides-and-serj-tankian-team-up-on-david-bowie-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21113","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Angelides and Serj Tankian Team Up on David Bowie Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1614336\" data-title=\"Brendan Angelides and Serj Tankian Team Up on Cover of David Bowie\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m Afraid of Americans\u201d: Stream\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/brendan-angelides-serj-tankian-team-david-bowie-im-afraid-of-americans\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p>Brendan Angelides, the composer and electronic musician who has also gone by the names <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/eskmo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eskmo<\/a> and Welder, has joined forces with System of a Down singer <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/serj-tankian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Serj Tankian<\/a> for a cover of David Bowie\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m Afraid of Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The track appears on Angelides upcoming album, titled <em>Can You Feel the End Begin?<\/em>, which is set for release on August 14th.<\/p>\n<p>The cover version of \u201cI\u2019m Afraid of Americans\u201d reimagines the Bowie song as an experimental electronic tune. An accompanying music video animates childhood photos of Angelides and Tankian as they sing the song.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThirty years ago Bowie and Eno wrote this song,\u201d stated Angelides. \u201cUnfortunately it\u2019s still accurate. In our video we used motion capture to animate childhood photographs of us both, two kids mouthing \u2018I\u2019m afraid I can\u2019t help it.\u2019 My friend Serj sings it as if he doesn\u2019t want to be overheard. His is frightened, mine is grinning at sundown, the manic American psyche torn in every direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Angelides\u2019 scoring r\u00e9sum\u00e9 includes television shows like Showtime\u2019s <em>Billions<\/em>, Netflix\u2019s <em>13 Reasons Why<\/em> and <em>Echoes<\/em>, and other series, while he also composed the music for the video game <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed Mirage<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>See the video for the cover of \u201cI\u2019m Afraid of Americans,\u201d as well as the artwork and tracklist for <em>Can You Feel the End Begin?<\/em>, below. <a href=\"https:\/\/symphony.to\/brendan-angelides\/can-you-feel-the-end-begin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pre-save the album here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brendan Angelides: &quot;I&amp;apos;m Afraid Of Americans&quot; (feat Serj Tankian) (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-cHsQlnA9GI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Can You Feel the End Begin? <\/em>Artwork:<\/strong><br \/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Brendan-Angelides-album-cover.jpg?quality=80&amp;w=1000&amp;fit=1031%2C580&amp;strip=\" alt=\"Brendan Angelides album cover\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1614358\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Brendan-Angelides-album-cover.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Brendan-Angelides-album-cover.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Brendan-Angelides-album-cover.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Brendan-Angelides-album-cover.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Brendan-Angelides-album-cover.jpg?resize=350,350 350w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Brendan-Angelides-album-cover.jpg?resize=356,356 356w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Brendan-Angelides-album-cover.jpg?resize=208,208 208w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Brendan-Angelides-album-cover.jpg?resize=79,79 79w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Brendan-Angelides-album-cover.jpg?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Can You Feel the End Begin? <\/em>Tracklist:<\/strong><br \/>01. Can You See The Light Begin?<br \/>02. Need To Know<br \/>03. Day After Day<br \/>04. 134141 (Feat. Lisel)<br \/>05. I\u2019m Afraid Of Americans (Feat. Serj Tankian)<br \/>06. Pumpkin<br \/>07. There is a Rainbow, In The Sky That\u2019s Bright, As Bright As Your Soul<br \/>08. FRx<br \/>09. Hollow The Crown<br \/>10. Seahorse Song<br \/>11. Small Winndow<br \/>12. 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