Stereo Jealousy

So in what will hopefully be a regular feature here are some of the most interesting bits that have been sent through to us over the last week.

Shout Out Louds – Fall Hard (Passion Pit Remix)

A tempting taster for the Swedish group’s upcoming third LP, Merge, due out February 23 on Merge. Remixed by Jealousy favourites Passion Pit, this is a wonderful, subtle mix – stripping the track back a little, smoothing some of the edges – nothing extravagant or damaging. You can check out the video for the original below.

Young Adults – Rip It Up

A debut five track demo from this unsigned Allston, MA trio – a quintet of punchy yet fuzzy tunes, only one of which cracks the 3 minute mark. They kick off with the track flagged here, Rip It Up. Basically doing what it says on the tin it careers through it’s 110 seconds in the blink of an eye, guitars buzzing in the foreground – vocals set well back in the mix. Set somewhere between the sound of echoing surf punk and the chiming yet fractured guitar melodies of early 90s Manchester indie it’s an engaging ride. Check it out – you can download the entire EP from their Myspace here.

Ezequiel Ezequiel – Dear Permafrost

After the cold spell most of the Northern Hemisphere is having or has had, the Winter Rise EP from London based Argentinian Ezequiel Claverie (under the moniker Ezequiel Ezequiel) is aptly titled to say the least. Five tracks of intimate, intricate ambient folk with conjure up images of that feeling of being wrapped up against the cold; a musical log fire if you will. Best of all, you can get this for absolutely nothing from his website, here. Trust me – you’d be hard pushed to purchase much music this year that shines with such feeling and warmth.

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#25: Passion Pit – Manners

Oh, the sound of 2009’s summer of dampness! Not quite as psych as MGMT, not quite as preppy as Vampire Weekend, yet still eminently danceable Passion Pit brought some true anthems to the festival circuit this year. Debut album Manners is stuffed to the gills with indie-slash-electro tunes, each one borrowing from a thousand bands previous and still sounding fresh as a daisy. Even when listening back in the dank recesses of a London winter the album still evokes memories of the summer, only a tad faded – something that previous ’summer’ albums have never managed for me. Picking a standout isn’t easy but I’d probably plump for the hugely catchy Little Secrets - which adequately sums up what you can expect from this album. Suspend your seriousness for a while, sit up and embrace the fun.

Passion Pit – Little Secrets (mp3)

Passion Pit – The Reeling (video)

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Photo: Kate Millet @ Phoenix Theatre, Toronto, Canada, 08/09

As the clamour grows around the release of Manners next week one remix has been ruling them all on the blogosphere – Calvin Harris’s discotastic slant on The Reeling. With this post I hope to redress the balance to a more subtle, sweeter and well, less ‘look at me, look at me’ re-rub. You can’t imagine my joy when this popped into my inbox – the press release claiming the original was screaming out for an Afrobeat take on things. Not the most obvious way of going for me but by jove it works. Wallpaper. had previously jiggled about with Sleepyhead to great effect, although this is better. Don’t believe me? Try it for yourself!

Passion Pit – The Reeling (Wallpaper. Remix)

Photo: Jalapeño