Sky Ferreira
“Everything is Embarrassing” remixes by Krystal Klear, Twin Shadow, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Digital
Sky Ferreira remixes are like London busses — you wait ages for one to come and then three show up at the same time*. Even though it has been out for the better part of a year, the part-time model’s lovelorn, dancing-in-my-room jam never really got a worthy remix until recently when George Lewis Jr of Twin Shadow, Mancunian serial remixer Krystal Klear, and PDX-via-NZ trio Unknown Mortal Orchestra all took a whack at it. All three artists left Ferreira’s intoxicating vocal line in tact but took decidedly different spins on the arraignments. Lewis’ is a delicious, synth-slathered lazer show of a synth jam, while Krystal Klear flips it into a scintillating Euro house jam — think sexy Jazzercise — that is my pick of the bunch. While I still like it, UMO’s take is my least favorite of the three, as the group’s drum-heavy version feels a touch ponderous at times. Either way, I’m just glad that the brilliant original finally gets the remixes that it deserves.
*other things that are like London busses: job opportunities, sexual partners, triplets
Krystal Klear
Twin Shadow’s Remix
umo made it.
