Sep 28, 2009

Just when you started to think Phoenix had oversaturated the market, another droplet of pop brilliance trickles down to slake your thirst yet again, adding more layers to the Parisian group’s banner year supporting Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Of all people to do a re-rub on the sleeper track “Rome,” nobody really expected freak-folker-turned-major-label-rocker Devendra Banhart. The two don’t seem to gel at the outset but Banhart’s remix is as subtle as a fall breeze. The sparse arrangement pairs well with the track’s solitary lyrics as well. Give it a listen above.

This is what Banhart’s crew had to say about the venture on Phoenix’s diary:

“Like a lazy Ukulele, softly strummed among the ocean side palms, Neighbors and Devendra have longed to remix ANY Phoenix tune. We LOVE and have LOVED Phoenix since Alphabetical, and have wanted to do more than just ogle at their awesomeness for quite some time. With the release of their luminary Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix we got the chance to un-floccinaucinihilipilificate our dreams and with awesome, oceanic glee, we took Rome for a ride….. a mellow, meditative one, let’s bring out the candle-lit side, a side of the song suited for lucubration ! Cheeze whizz penis feels like a Burberrys still allowed was the name of studio we met at, had we been there before ? Was it all a dream ?………………”

(via GvsB)