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Weekly mp3 #58: Miike Snow - Animal

This is another one from Spinner, and has been getting an absolutely thrashing on a bunch of the usual places I link to, due to there being a seemingly never ending stream of free remixes... If you're busy being an RSS-fiend on any blogs or whatever you probably know all about this.

Jabby guitar snippets bang out offbeats in a somehow not-at-all reggae fashion. Regular kick drums drop in, suggesting something dancey, and then a somewhat shouty, but kinda pop guy starts singing loud in the mix. Lots of vocal harmonies. Funny synths that remind me of The Cars. Twinkly xylophone melodies. Acoustic snare drum fills suggest a marching band. Well, a bit. The chorus hook is ridiculously catchy, and I've spent the last few months rewinding this one to hear it multiple times running, which is not something I often do.

"I change shapes just to hide in this place / But I'm still / I'm still / An animal"

Yeah.

Miike Snow are a trio from the States and so far as I know this is their first single. Being savvy they've made it free. No doubt they named themselves after the movie director who did Audition, etc. Kind of smacks of thinking they're pretty cool to me, but whatever, doesn't distract from the song.

Labels: music, weekly mp3

Posted at 6:00 PM