Now, I'd like to really push it to you guys because it's great. It's five songs, three of which are remixes of the first, the other being a cover of the first. Right off the bat, the Fol Chen version has this deep, strange voice and heavy drum beat/bass. Then the vocals and other instruments come on, and it turns into a catchy pop song, and finally you have a nice part where all the instruments cut out and you have a little piano riff. Really varied song, really good... then you have the remixes and cover, which give you four completely different and new takes. Bonus: Fol Chen is an LA band.
The first Baths remix is a house, trance take on the song, with heavily reverbed vocals and synth pads. Then the other Baths remix is also very different. It's got vocals that shutter in and out giving the entire song an incredibly staccato feel. The Keepaway remix starts out with the original drumbeat, but then goes and plays with changing up the drum beat and using synths for the instrumental parts. It may be more of a traditional remix, but it is still very different from the original and other two remixes on the album. Finally, there is the Karin Tatoyan cover, which is the most drastically different. It starts out with a long, drone drum intro, and then a sort of 80's/8bit synth comes in. Next in, the vocals, which have a very, very different take on the vocals. They are the main emphasis of the song, with the other instruments pretty much relegated (poor word choice...) to the background. They are not sung with a poppy feel, but with a feeling of longing and melancholy that is most evident as she almost begs "All I want is to see your face" and observes "everything is in ruins."
I really recommend you guys go over to folchen.com and download the whole EP for free (and the weird video that comes with it... it's also below). I'll give you a track or two here.
mp3: In Ruins
mp3: In Ruins (Kerin Tatoyan Cover)
Check out the Holy Ghost! remix of LCD Soundsystem's "Drunk Girls." The two will be touring together this summer, and they are both on LCD Soundsystem front man's label DFA Records. Oh, I've been listening to the new LCD Soundsystem album a ton, and it's great! With the exception of Drunk Girls, every track is fantastic. More on it when it actually comes out in May.
mp3: Drunk Girls (Holy Ghost! Remix)
-- A Teenage Elephant
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