Postmodern Jukebox have pulled off something genuinely delightful with this one. Their 70s soft rock reimagining of Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” features vocalist Tori Holub, whose voice lands so naturally in the Karen Carpenter register that the whole thing feels less like a cover and more like an unearthed archival recording. The arrangement is warm, unhurried, and impeccably crafted, stripping away everything contemporary and replacing it with the lush, pillowy textures that made The Carpenters impossible to resist 5 decades ago. Sabrina Carpenter meets Karen Carpenter, and somehow it’s a perfect fit.


