To date, I haven’t done right by The Knocks.

The DJ/production duo out of New York City’s Lower East Side opened for Ellie Goulding here in San Francisco in mid-April, quickly turning the tiny club into a jam-packed sweatbox with their electrifying, body-moving set.

Declaring them Very Good Indeed, the next day I set about doing up a little something about Ben “B-Roc” Ruttner and James “Jpatt” Patterson, only to discover that the tune I was most pumped about featuring, the Alphabeat-sampling “Something I Can Dance To,” wasn’t available for download. Lucky for me, it was on The Knocks’ tour EP that I’d bought for a fiver after the show, but not so helpful for you. So I put my plans aside, only to notice today that you can snag “Something I Can Dance To” for free via their SoundCloud. Oops.

But now The Knocks have released a free covers EP, The Same Old Songs, and this time I’m on top of it. B-Roc and Jpatt revisit the Motown catalog, covering three songs (“You Can’t Hurry Love,” “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”) and remixing two others (“It’s The Same Old Song” and “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”). There’s also a cover of Eddie Floyd’s “Knock On Wood,” a Stax Records classic that’s more widely known as a 1979 disco hit for Amii Stewart.

“You Can’t Hurry Love” features vocals by Alex Winston, a singer-songwriter with whom The Knocks have been working for a while. Fitting that Winston covers The Supremes’ 1966 #1 single, since she hails from the Motor City herself.

My favorite cover on The Same Old Songs EP is The Knocks’ take on “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” given a sexy midtempo groove that features Julia, a mononym’d singer of whom I know nothing, playing Tammi Terrell to Jpatt’s Marvin Gaye. I can’t embed that track, so instead you’ll have to hear here.

The Knocks’ remix of the Four Tops’ “It’s The Same Old Song” on the EP is brilliant, by the way, its ‘different beat’ seemingly supplied by a slowed-down “True Faith.”

Free download of The Knocks – The Same Old Songs EP via Heavy Roc Music. While you’re there, pick up Alex Winston’s The Basement Covers EP too, featuring re-dos of Mumford & Sons, Rolling Stones, Teddy Bears, and more.