Give me a little leeway as I go backwards and net all the butterflies from last week. These three tracks have been fueling my yard work and cleaning duties this morning. First is Dan Alcala's remix of M83's behemoth track, "Midnight City." This version hushes things down a bit and turns down the blasting synth loop, allowing it to rise in intensity throughout the track, until wicked noise pop infuses with the M83 version. I think I actually like this spin better than the original. Strike that. I definitely do. If it's possible to swing a touch more 80's into the original, Alcala does just this to fine effect.
M83 – Midnight City (Alcala Remix)
This new Casiokids track, "Det haster!" may trump all of this electrified ear candy dropping from the sky lately. I first caught wind of Casiokids via some byLarm coverage a couple of years back, and sort of lost touch, although in that span they managed to sign with Polyvinyl, tour across the US and open for A-Ha on their farewell tour (sidenote: I wasn't entirely certain they had even returned, but big ups to Casiokids for snagging that gig). Casiokids light up the soundboard with a smooth mixture of electrobeats and way-serious vocal delivery. There is an urgency in this track that blends eerie undertones into the flourishing sound palate. There are gritty edges here that take a few listens to catch. Initially, it's just a great electro pop dance tune, but as is the usual with Casiokids, they spin things unique and offer up quite a bit of variety here – there's a shit ton going on. Their new album drops October 11th on Polyvinyl. The title? Aabenbaringen over aaskammen, which means The Revelation Over the Mountain, for the non-Norwegians in the house.
Sargent House is all primed to release Hella's new effort, Tripper, on August 30th. When I mentioned my yard work and cleaning duties, this has been the primary jam for those tasks. Sargent House has always been one of the strongest when it comes to spastic aural color. "Yubacore" comes out the gates with knives drawn, with a lazy off-kilter distorted guitar riff and spastic percussion. As with all of Hella's previous tunes, the track is digressive and entirely monstrous with sound. Shifting through crunchy distortion into spine-tingling anthemic modes, there is enough instrumentation to fill an arena. The band is back to its orginal two-piece form, and this more stripped down model is working beautifully. As with the rest of the blogosphere, we're stoked to hear the rest of the album at the end of the month. For this track, be certain to get to the last minute to catch the stabbing guitar picking clinic.
