It almost seems like a joke. Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward are making an album together under the name “She and Him.”
They did a performance on KCRW, which was posted on this blog:
http://fuelfriends.blogspot.com/2008/01/m-wardzooey-deschanel-collaboration-is.html
It’s actually pretty good. I am really liking “Sentimental Heart” in particular. Maybe I’ll forgive Zooey for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Tin Man.
I guess there’s a bunch of stuff on youtube like:
I haven’t had a chance to sit through any of it yet.
My guess is that this album will be better than Scarlett Johansson’s album of Tom Waits covers.