SummersRadio™ New Remix + Bonus Track + Free Download! Death Cab For Cutie - 'You Are A Tourist' (The 2 Bears Remix)/ The 2 Bears - 'Bear Hug' (Cristoff Remix) You may be thinking 'hey - didn't you just post a new DCFC remix last week'? Why yes, I did - as mentioned last week DCFC is releasing a new remix each week for a total of seven weeks - until their entire new 'Keys And Codes Remix EP' is officially released on November 22nd. I quite like DCFC but somewhat strangely I haven't felt compelled to buy their new album yet - it doesn't seem to be nearly as wonderful as 'Transatlanticism' or even 'Narrow Stairs' - it just sounds a bit watered down to me. However after hearing only two remixes I'm already committed to purchasing the full remix EP. So there's five remixes left - and if they're good - I'll post them too!
So this week's new remix is of their single 'You Are A Tourist' - by London's 2 Bears. The 2 Bears are a duo consisting of Raf Rundell and Hot Chip's Joe Goddard. This is an interesting remix - although I see that it's receiving a lot of flack in the youtube and itunes comments sections. But then a surprising number of people just don't get remixes anyway - sad, but true. I must admit that as a rule I'm generally not a fan of sped up vocals in a remix - and they are here. The effect is rather odd - it's almost like they're trying to make Ben Gibbard sound more like the Pet Shop Boy's Neil Tennant! But then when I first posted the video for 'You Are A Tourist' in April, I mentioned that I think that Gibbard also sounds like Jon Anderson (of Yes and Jon & Vangelis fame) when singing the line 'this fire grows higher'! Am I crazy or spot on?Anyway if you can get past the odd vocals, musically speaking this remix is top notch - and it has some awesome cowbell as well... Enjoy!
Bonus Track + Free Download! The 2 Bears released their third EP in May called 'Bear Hug' on Southern Fried Records. It's available in the U.K. - and in the U.S. on itunes, but somewhat annoyingly it's not on itunes here in Canada - however it is available on Beatport http://www.beatport.com/#release/bear-hug-ep/817869 - along with the 'Bear Hug Remixes' EP that came out in July. http://www.beatport.com/#release/bear-hug-remixes/392438
Here's an interesting remix of the title track from the 'Bear Hug' EP that I came across on Soundcloud by Manchester's Chris Massey aka cristoffmassey. If this superbly funky remix is to your liking you can download it for free courtesy of cristoffmassey here: http://soundcloud.com/cristoffmusic/the-2-bears-bear-hug-cristoff (or click the download arrow below)
This is the 'Cristoff Remix' of The 2 Bears track 'Bear Hug'... Enjoy!
SummersRadio™ New Music! Death Cab For Cutie - 'Some Boys' Another new song from Death Cab For Cutie's new album has surfaced on the interweb! Their seventh studio album 'Codes And Keys' is set for release on May 31st. Not sure yet if this will be the follow up to the lead off single 'You Are A Tourist' - this is 'Some Boys'... Enjoy!
SummersRadio™ New Video! Death Cab For Cutie - 'You Are A Tourist' When I first posted Death Cab For Cutie's new single last week I mentioned their plans to record the video for it live in just one take - and here we have the finished product! Aside from the band members looking rather goofy when walking, it features some pretty cool lighting and plenty of talented dancers... Enjoy!
Bonus track! Mike Oldfield - 'In High Places' The opening vocal hook in 'You Are a Tourist' when Ben sings 'this fire grows higher' totally reminds me of this Mike Oldfield song 'In High Places'. 'In High Places' is from his 1983 release 'Crisis' and was co-written with - and features vocals from - Jon Anderson. Now that I listen to this again, it almost sounds like it could be a DCFC song - am I crazy? I think not... Enjoy!
SummersRadio™ New Music! Death Cab For Cutie - 'You Are A Tourist' Bellingham Washington's Death Cab For Cutie have released their new single online today! It's called 'You Are A Tourist' and it's the first single from their forthcoming new studio album (their seventh) called 'Codes And Keys', which is released on May 31st! It's available now on itunes - and they're also planning to record a video for the song on April 5th - in just one take! Tune into http://youareatourist.com/ next Tuesday at 4pm (Pacific time) to watch. It's scripted, so it could be flawless - but it's live and they're only doing one take, so who knows - but it's an interesting idea. Of course at his point we don't know if it's a straight ahead performance piece or something elaborate with special effects galore - either way they still have a week to practice though. This is 'You Are A Tourist'... Enjoy!
