New Beach House and New Skinny Friedman Edits

Yesterday, Beach House dropped their iTunes sessions EP, a set that featured re-worked versions of songs from Teen Dream as well as a new tune, "White Moon." I saw Beach House play "White Moon" for the first time when they stopped through New York City on their last tour, and it's absolutely stellar. Remains to be seen if that song will make it onto their next proper release, but it makes the whole iTunes EP worth copping.

Beach House has been on my mind for another reason recently, because of a remixer by the name of Skinny Friedman. I'd heard of Friedman before when he remixed Bon Iver's "Blood Bank" with a nifty and subtle rework. Recently, he took a similar hack at Beach House's "Norway," adding a skittering drum beat to the track. It's a different look for "Norway," and probably not for everyone, but it takes the song places it might not otherwise be played.

Listen to a stream of "White Moon" and check out the two Skinny Friedman edits below:



Beach House - Norway (Skinny Friedman Edit) (YSI) (filesavr)

Bon Iver - Blood Bank (Skinny Friedman Edit) (YSI) (filesavr)