Sara Lov is a singer/songwriter and member of the “on hiatus” LA group The Devics. I haven’t gotten a chance to listen to her 2008 solo EP The Young Eyes yet, but I did come across a cover she did of Arcade Fire’s “My Body is a Cage” that is absolutely killer. More straightforward than the original with tempo (no interminable organ fermatas here), Lov is still able to keep the mystery with an ominous piano line and a smoky voice.

Sara Lov // My Body is a Cage (Arcade Fire Cover)

Evidently this is one of several covers that Lov has done recently. In fact, on her myspace page she is letting fans request songs for her to do that she’ll put together into a video cover series. Her most recent song is “Kissing Families” by the Silversun Pickups: