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Wet Leg “Mangetout” (The Dare remix)

The best remixes retain a song’s structure and character but completely makeover its musical wardrobe, resulting in a more stylish and effective version of itself. Wet Leg’s original recording of “Mangetout” was good, but The Dare’s remix is great, amping up its essential sass and spunk by pumping up the bass and tossing in bright retro 80s keyboards. The Dare may not be particularly original – he’s basically redoing the classic DFA remix of Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon” – but he has good taste and absolutely nailed the execution on this track. Rhian Teasdale’s voice sounds very natural in this context, to the point that I hope this success has some influence on their artistic direction going forward. If she’s going to get increasingly bold and extroverted in her writing and performances, why not take the music further in that direction as well?

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