Generally when people think of supergroups, they think of mega rock bands along the lines of, but not limited to, Derek and the Dominos, Velvet Revolver, Monsters of Folk and as of last month, Sirvana (Paul McCartney and the surviving members of Nirvana for those of you who don’t know). For whatever reason you don’t usually see if a group ladies in the mix. Alas, that’s where Los Angeles’ The Living Sisters come into play.

The group, which consists of Alex Lilly, Inara George, Becky Stark and Eleni Mandell began collaborating in 2006 during breaks from their other projects, which include Lavender Diamond, Touché and The Bird and the Bee. In 2009 they began recordings for their first album Love To Live, which was finished and released in 2010. Now they’re back with a six-song EP of covers titled Run For Cover, and to what should come as surprise to no one, it sounds great.

What always happens with cover albums is that people love to second guess or dissect the song selection. Instead of being overly critical of the music, they criticize the external factors. That’s the easy and cheap way to bash an album and something I won’t be doing here, since anyone can come up with a list of songs they want covered, but ultimately it isn’t up to us. Rather, let’s focus on the dueling harmonies and ‘60s feel that makes this EP so enjoyable.

The twangy take on Jo Stafford’s “Make Love To Me” makes you want to do exactly that while the oft-covered “Jolene” packs a punch not in the heavy musical sense, but in a frentic manner that make sound soothing on the surface, but the a cappella rendition keeps your focus with it’s razor sharp precision that doesn’t need instruments to make it feel like the longest three minutes you’ve heard, in a good way of course.

What’s strange though is hearing Funkadelic’s “Can You Get to That” done with clapping, a minimalist guitar (don’t confuse this with lo-fi) and with the Sisters’ trademark harmonies. I’d be curious to hear what one George Clinton thinks of this interpretation, but within the realm of what the Sisters do, it works.

It wouldn’t have mattered what songs that The Living Sisters selected for this EP, the vocals would have been on-point. The gals don’t have as much time to record music and tour due to their prior commitments but when they do, it’s pretty damn good. Now when you think of supergroup, hopefully these ladies make the cut as one of the best one because even though their body of work is limited, when they do release material, they make it count.