Encoder ....: lame
Grabber ....: EAC
Source .....: CDDA
Quality ....: VBRkbps/44.1kHz
Tracks .....: 13
Genre ......: Electronic
Year .......: 2009
Rip Date ...: 13-12-2009
Label ......: Polyvinyl Records
01. cherry tulips (tj lipple remix) : 03:37
02. owl eyes (the buddy system remix) : 02:46
03. market girl (the album leaf remix) : 03:45
04. school boys (cale parks remix) : 03:57
05. towers (uzi & ari remix) : 04:08
06. everybody needs a fence to lean on : 03:06
(via satellite remix)
07. so much for the afternoon : 04:06
(casiotone for the painfully alone remix)
08. tv (son lux remix) : 03:42
09. put us back together right : 03:19
(ruby isle remix)
10. on april 2 (jason caddell remix) : 02:30
11. your old street (spinnerty remix) : 04:49
12. get yer head around it : 02:48
(the show is the rainbow remix)
13. tokyo (brett sanderson remix) : 03:51
TOTAL TIME : 46:24 min
TOTAL SIZE : 56,7 MB
Headlights followed the release of the quite good Some
Racing, Some Stopping in early 2008 with Remixes, a
collection that paired remixers with songs from the
band's catalog. The roster is filled with little known
names like Uzi & Ari, Jason Caddell, Son Lux, and TJ
Lipple but also a few better-known acts like Casiotone
for the Painfully Alone, the Album Leaf, and Cale
Parks. Whether known or not, all the remixers prove
very sympathetic to both the songs and the band.
Instead of tearing the songs down and making them
dancefloor fodder or experimental rΘsumΘ fillers, they
keep the vocals of Erin Fein and Tristan Wraight as
the focus of each track and liberally use elements of
the group's original performances. This approach could
have led to an album of not very interesting revamps
that added little of value to the songs, but the
mixers add enough sonic trickery and give the songs
enough tweaks to make Remixes a fun and quite
enjoyable addition to the band's discography. Some of
the mixes even surpass the originals (Uzi & Ari's
simple but effective take on "Towers," the Buddy
System's Spector-inspired "Owl Eyes," and Ruby Isle's
discotastic "Put Us Back Together Right," to name
three). The one remix that could have posed problems
even before it began was TJ Lipple's mix of "Cherry
Tulips" because the original is pretty much perfect.
The wall of echo he lightly adds gives the song a
whole new layer of beautiful melancholy that the
original doesn't have. Thanks to nimble remixes like
that, fans of Headlights will love this album, as will
fans of first-rate indie pop with electronics.
Enjoy!