When not torturing children/proving they’ve never read Nietzsche, MGMT have been adding shakers and rain sticks and other trippy new elements to one-time tour and labelmates Violens’ “Doomed.” (Violens once remixed MGMT’s “Time To Pretend,” so this is nice and circular.) The last time Violens went under the remix knife, Lilys and Rod Coles affixed percussive layers to the crisp “Already Over,” and we mentioned it appeared on a remix EP, along with RAC, Subtle People!, and MGMT. We weren’t lying. The scruffier, muffled MGMT reworking introduces a fuzziness into the pristine Violens canon.
(Via NME)
While we’re here, Chairlift’s Caroline Polacheck came up with visuals for an “Already Over” “visual remix,” which plays on Jorge Elbrecht’s occasionally George Michael-esque intonations.
An expanded version of Violens’ self-titled EP is out via Static Recital/Cantora. Check out a new UK Chess Club Records 7″ A-Side “Lightning Lightning” at the band’s MySpace. Look for a proper debut full-length in the fall.
[Photo by Flora Hanitijo]
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meh…
I wholeheartedly agree. Average at best.
well, that’s a shame. MGMT only managed to remix all the beauty right out of the original and offered nothing creative (or even remotely melodic) to replace it. i like both of these bands a lot and i wanted to like this as well, but it’s difficult to improve on the layers of unique charm with which Violens imbues their tunes. MGMT should’ve psyched it out and hoped for the best – not just phoned it in.