I make no secret of the fact that I typically write up these posts a few days in advance. Because, let’s be honest, I’m kind of lazy, so its tough to keep up with something on a daily basis. But I just heard this one late at night and decided to write it up on the fly. My first thought when I saw a Beach House remix was, “Oh no they di’in”, because I expected it to be terrible. Actually, I think I just had no idea at all what to expect from a remix of a song from one of my favorite albums of the year thus far (qualifying statement: despite the fact that it’s only mid February, it has already been an exceptional year for new music). But any doubt I had was quickly relinquished thanks to San Fran’s Ring Trick.

It does take a minute to get on board with what’s going on, but then I found myself thinking, “This is pretty nice. Not at all what I was expecting, but I guess I don’t really know what I was expecting, so I’m pleasantly surprised.” I was waiting for the big sort of big peak in the remix. And I waited and waited and then started thinking, “Maybe this is it. I was hoping for just a little bit more, but I’m OK with what I’ve got.” Then about 3 and a quarter minutes in, you really hear “Zebra” in its original form for the first time and it’s a great contrast to all that was going on before that. Which leads right into the downright glorious electronic section that was well worth the wait, enough to put a smile on my face at least.

Check out this track on Ring Trick’s myspace page, just so you can say “I listened to this on Ring Trick’s myspace page when it only had 41 listens.” Kind of like how I was one of the first 100,000 people to view “David After Dentist”.

Beach House – Zebra (Ring Trick Remix)