Slow

Van Rivers has taken one of the standouts of Twin Shadow's debut and made it into a slow and sweaty therapy session. The electric keyboard bass line falls like drops of water condensing inside a 1985 VW bug; the heavy kick drum and tapping high hat confirm the year. Instead of the overflowing drums and guitars of the album version, Van Rivers gives us synth space and vintage sounds from a quickly becoming cliché decade. The major success of the remix however is that it allows the elegiac lyrics of George Lewis Jr. to really be heard--it's as if he thinks saying so will make it so.

Twin Shadow - Slow (Van Rivers Remix) (buy the album) (download the free track)