The ongoing reclamation of yesterday’s pop radio hits by today’s ostensibly “indie” acts continues today with GEMS’ cover of Seal’s 1995 single “Don’t Cry,” the 100th most popular song of 1996 per Billboards’s year-end Hot 100 figures. GEMS, a D.C. duo specializing in darkly moody synth music with pop and R&B overtones, released the cover in the wake of last fall’s debut EP Medusa. Hear “Don’t Cry” below along with Medusa tracks “Medusa” and “Ephemera.”

Medusa is out now via Never Age, and the “Don’t Cry” cover is available as a free download when you sign up for GEMS’ mailing list. Tour dates:

1/30 Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater (w/ Cults)
2/6 New York, NY @ Westway (w/ Wet)
2/7 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean (w/ My Gold Mask, Glass Lux; Red Bull Sound Select; free w/ RSVP)
2/8 Toronto, ON @ Drake Hotel
3/6 Savannah, GA @ Savannah Stopover Festival
3/11-16 Austin, TX @ SXSW