Review:
Already no strangers to awesome remixes, after Au Revoir Simone's Erika Foster found her backing vocals for Friendly Fires' "Paris" pushed into centre stage by the magnificent Aeroplane, Moshi Moshi go one better and let the latest ARS album get an overhaul by some of the smartest producers out there. Neon Indian brings his trademark lo-fi VHS funk to "Another Likely Story", recalling the terror-electro of Kavinsky. In contrast, both Jens Lekman and Jensen Sportag opt for more gentle treatments - Lekman adding sweeping Hollywood strings and a waltz beat to "Shadows" while Sportag's "Cotton Club" mix adds a jazzy, exotica feel to "All or Nothing". Max Cooper, Your Twenties, Bass Clef and Aeroplane (again) get in on the rest of the remix action. There really isn't a duff moment in the entire collection, just a lot of quality to slowly get acquainted with.