After a rather intriguing tweet from Rough Trade Shops last week (which read, for you non-Twitterers out there “wait ’till u hear the new version of the Phoenix LP with covers from the likes of Grizzly Bear and Animal Collective!”) we’ve been getting all hot under the collar about what these remixes/new versions will sound like.
Since then, we’ve discovered that Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is all set to be re-released as a deluxe 2-CD package on 19th October. The album, originally released back in May will be backed up with a bonus disc of never before heard remixes by Devendra Banhart, Passion Pit, YACHT, Young Fathers, The Soft Pack, Alex Metric, Boombass, Friendly Fires and more…
We’re absolutely thrilled to be able to offer you Animal Collective’s sublime interpretation of ‘Love Like A Sunset’ as a free download.
Here’s Animal Collective’s Deakin talking about AC’s love for Phoenix:
“This spring I was in Panama with Brian. We were cramped into a van on a bumpy, winding central American road going a little too fast. Feeling a little edgy, I put on my headphones and listened to United and Alphabetical back to back. I watched passing fruit stands, a sweet central American dusk and memories of the massive schools of jelly fish, snapper, and trevally; the few dolphin and even the few bluefin tuna (too few) that Brian and I had just had the joy of diving with. The blend of all of these things put me at ease. Phoenix has been a staple for all four of us since Dave and Noah brought home United from the record store they used to work at. One of the records that would get us through some of those long cross country tour drives, we’ve listened to Phoenix’s jams many many times. We were all totally psyched to get asked to do this and it was super fun to work on it. All the best to those dudes.”
The full tracklisting for Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Remix Collection) is as follows:
01 Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)
02 Fences (The Soft Pack Remix)
03 1901 Bo Flex’d (Passion Pit Remix)
04 Lasso (2 Door Cinema Club Remix)
05 Fences (25 Hrs a Day Remix)
06 1901 (L’aiglon Remix)
07 Love Like a Sunset (Turzi Remix)
08 Fences (Boombass Remix)
09 Lisztomania (A Fight For Love – 25 Hrs a Day Remix)
10 Fences (Friendly Fires Remix)
11 Armistice (YACHT Remix)
12 Girlfriend (Young Fathers Remix)
13 Fences (Chairlift Remix)
14 Rome (Neighbours with Devendra Banhart Remix)
15 Love Like a Sunset (Animal Collective Remix – Deakin’s Jam)
mp3:> Animal Collective vs. Phoenix: ‘Love Like A Sunset’
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October 1st, 2009 at 7:54 pm
the stream doesn’t seem to be working for me.
I downloaded the album from emusic, but maybe a snazzy 2 disc edition of the album will be enough for me to buy a hard copy too.
which track is the grizzly bear one?
October 1st, 2009 at 7:56 pm
ignore me.
mumbles something about the other-half having turned the speakers plug off…
October 1st, 2009 at 8:14 pm
dunno – i’ve tweeted rough trade to see if they’ve actually heard a grizzly bear remix.. will let you know.
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:40 am
Rough Trade made up the Grizzly Bear remix. the buggers:
http://twitter.com/roughtradeshops/status/4547749056