Michael Stipe & Aaron Dessner Perform ‘No Time For Love Like Now’ On ‘Fallon’

R.E.M.‘s Michael Stipe and The National/Big Red Machine‘s Aaron Dessner appeared on Tuesday’s episdoe of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The pair performed their collaborative song “No Time For Love Like Now.”

Recorded remotely to a backing drum track, Stipe provided a typically emotive vocal performance over Dessner’s piano playing. Stipe shared the demo of “No Time For Love Like Now” in March and subsequently posted additional versions on his YouTube account. An official version of the track was released by Dessner and Justin Vernon‘s label 37d03d in June.

Watch Michael Stipe and Big Red Machine (Aaron Dessner) performing “No Time for Love Like Now” for The Tonight Show below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRWgIFE0CJ0