Seattle Subsonic

Man Plus: REMIXED

September 9th, 2008

Man Plus, the sweet ‘n sour Seattle band currently gaining traction throughout town thanks to constant showing, the vetting of KEXP’s Cheryl Waters, and, of course, our own fancy reviews of their despondent dance-rock, has recently released a truncated remix version of their LP, Hungarian Suicide Songbook. And not only that, you can download the sucker for free. (You know we’re always tryin’ to feed you cheapskates the free stuff.)

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That’s right, you’ll get the sugar-free lyricism of the jaded Jared Mills and the syrupy beats of keyboard man Manat MacLeod packaged in a nice digital EP worth five songs, all robotically selected from Songbook. Apparently, MacLeod works with chemicals when not creating digital layered cakes (side note: is cake a chemical?), and deftly crafted a sprinkling of fairy dust for this collection. You won’t hear any hard-hitting Daft Punk or Justice-style beats driving this crazy train. The remix follows a glitchier path, à la Truckasauras or Crystal Castles, fashioning a bouncy, unobtrusive sound to enhance Mills’ writhing shrieks of who-knows-what (mostly death and drugs).

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Tracks include reworked versions of “Not For All The Cocaine In The World”, “A Ghost Is A Ghost Is A Ghost”, “Kids Gone Bad”, “Mexican Moon”, and “My Kind Of People”. A nice assortment of some of the record’s most popular cuts (though I would’ve liked to hear a version of “Once in Awhile (Getting High Alone)” since I usually get high alo…uh, never mind).

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See the band live at the upcoming Reverb Fest (read Kev’s comprehensive listen-fest here) in early October, and with Waters at her Get Your Freak On Dance Party this coming Saturday (9/13). Check out our Free Music Downloads page for the download link, and hit the player below just to see. Cuz I said, that’s why.

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Man Plus Remixed – Mexican Moon

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