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One of the most enigmatic figures in modern pop, Lana Del Rey<\/a> has never been one to give too much away, although that very rarely stops her from being at the centre of attention when it comes to the realm of American music. <\/p>\n It is even difficult to pin down the vocalist\u2019s own music taste, given just how many different styles and scenes her own work has embraced over the years, but it would appear that there is at least one band she views as an utterly essential influence.<\/p>\n From Nina Simone to Nirvana, Del Rey has always drawn from a particular broad range of influences, which is perhaps why her sound has often been so impressively unpinnable. Her upcoming project, Stove, for instanc,e is set to expand the musical universe of the New York-born songwriter into the field of country music, while previous collaborations with the likes of Miles Kane<\/a> have often dragged her into the indie realm.\u00a0<\/p>\n Audiences got a particularly unexpected insight into that ever-expanding, ever-unpinnable selection of influences on her Norman Fucking Rockwell!<\/a> album back in 2019, for which she unveiled a cover version of \u2018Doin\u2019 Time\u2019 by the archetypal California band, Sublime. <\/p>\n On the face of it, it is hard to draw many parallels between the ska-infused sound of the Long Beach band with the cinematic output of Lana Del Rey. In fact, potentially the only link between the two artists prior to the release of that cover was just how indebted both were to their West Coast surroundings \u2013 something which neither artist has ever made any attempt to disguise. <\/p>\n