Cameron Winter’s off-kilter warble is so distinctive that it’s not immediately clear his songs can survive being covered. The point of view can feel too specific to him, and too impenetrable to outsiders, for someone else’s interpretation to land.

King Princess' faithful cover of “Au Pays du Cocaine” — that’s “in the land of cocaine,” if your French is rusty — puts that idea to bed. Mikaela Mullaney Straus tackles Winter’s plea for a lover to stay with easygoing confidence. In her hands, it feels more obviously a love song than it did in Winters', and is better for it. I’d love to hear her do “Taxes,” too.