Junior Boys — Dead Horse

Junior Boys have paid tribute to the low expectations that usually surround remix EPs by christening their own Dead Horse. Irony aside, it's a decent collection of remixes, but still pretty formulaic. Here, five remixers from different dance genres (indie dance, electro, Detroit techno, dubstep and ambient, respectively) take on tracks from So This Is Goodbye. Hot Chip immediately raise the bar with a version of "In The Morning" that sounds more like a cover thanks to added vocals and quirky percussion. The other remixes are more predictable, but effective. The club banger of the bunch is Tensnake's synthy reworking of "FM," which practically turns whispy-voiced Jeremy Greenspan into a house diva. Carl Craig's predictably epic extension of "Like A Child" spins the song's opening arpeggio into a minimal, though highly danceable, techno monster.