Tears For Fears has covered Arcade Fire’s “Ready To Start,” from the Canadian group’s Grammy-winning 2010 album, The Suburbs.

The iconic English synthpop duo writes:

“Having appreciated artists like Kanye West, Katy Perry, Kimbra, Nas, Gary Jules/Michael Andrews, Adam Lambert & Dizzee Rascal covering & sampling our songs over the past years, we agreed that some reciprocal cross-generational love was in order. We decided to give Arcade Fire a twist of TFF. Enjoy.”

Having seen Tears For Fears live just last year, it’s no surprise to me just how strong Roland Orzabal’s voice remains. Neither was I shocked at the inclusion of some stately-sounding strings on their Arcade Fire cover (still sowing the seeds of love, clearly). But I definitely didn’t know that Orzabal and Curt Smith were such drum-n-bass fans. Amazing.

Tears For Fears are currently working on new material. An expanded 30th anniversary edition of their debut album, The Hurting, will be released in October.