3rd
Miike Snow - Animal (Punks Jump Up Remix)
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I don’t even know what happened last night. Chalk this past week up to hecticness and me being all over the place. I’m back on my webgame, so you shouldn’t have to miss me anymore.
Turning back to an “oldie” (what, like, earlier this summer and I already almost forgot about this track?) but greatie, I’ve got the Punks Jump Up remix of Miike Snow’s Animal today. And while these guys are definitely not newcomers to the electro scene (they did a great remix of Yelle’s À Cause des Garçons last year), I prefer this version to those put out by some heavyhitters like Treasure Fingers, Crookers, and Fake Blood.
There’s something to be said about the throbby-sound and upbeat, somewhat high-pitched progression that makes this song a great summer jam, but there’s got to be more. Now’s one of those times I wish I learned more about major/minor scales (I know that Majors are the happy ones and Minors are the sad ones, that’s about it), so I could discuss this a little more intelligently.
You know what? I just made an executive decision. In honour of this track (and I almost spelled honour without the u. That’s what happens when I spend my summer in the States?), this week is gonna be summer jams week. There’s really only the rest of this month to get your summer jams in, and I’m going to post some of my faves.
I actually used to put on great summer/afternoon/sunny-day jams for my office-mates, and as much as they’d roll their eyes about my tendency to do so, I’m pretty sure they enjoyed them. And I can say that with some sense of certainty: one of them asked me to transfer him some of my music ‘cuz he liked it.
So there you have it, folks. Summer jams week has begun.
