- 01
- Feb
Softlightes - Girlkillsbear [Lo-Fi-FNK Remix].
If we haven't already, we need to talk about Friend Rock. This is the music that your friends make which you are obligated to see. Used in a sentence, it would be like this: "After dinner I've gotta go see some Friend Rock at Spaceland. You don't have to come." Most of the time, you're not super excited about going because the band isn't that good - but they're your friends so you kind of have to go. And maybe they're opening for someone cool. It might work out in the end.
And then sometimes you're surpised. A friend asks you to check out his other band and it turns out they just signed to Modular People and are getting remixed by Lo-Fi-FNK. Then their video is number one on YouTube, and they're playing shows with the New Young Pony Club. This is now elevated beyond friend rock into just a great band.
In this remix, the Swedish teens strip the song down to its central, beautiful melody. They're not out to transform this into a dancefloor burner, and instead opt to enhance the song's already deep Southern California sounds. Maybe you remember the singer and rhythm section from The Incredible Moses Leroy. Maybe you recognize the rhythm section as the two guys from El Ten Eleven. That may be so, but none of those are decent references for this sound, which is airy and smart. I love it.
This comes from their Heart Made of Sound EP, which you can get directly from our friends at modular. There's a full length coming soon as well. Highly recomended.
Also, for those of you in Los Angeles, the band will be playing tonight at the Silverlake Lounge. They go on at 10.