About "Drain You" on the Washington-based Nirvana tribute album "Whatever Nevermind" Brendan Ekstrom said that the group wanted to live in Nirvana's energy, mentioning that there are multiple ways to cover music and that he wanted the song to sound like a fusion of Circa and Nirvana.
Whatever Nevermind is a tribute album to Nirvana's 1991 second studio album, Nevermind, by various artists. Circa Survive guitarist Brendan Ekstrom commented on their cover, stating: "There are different ways to approach covering a band. It was way more fun for us to live in their energy and pay homage to their influence by just rocking the shit out of it and keeping it raw." Robotic Empire streamed Circa Survive's cover of "Drain You" along with the album's announcement on March 25, 2015. Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. We didn't want to say 'here's what this song would've sounded like if Circa wrote it.' 
