Friendly Fires normally shines best as the remixee when the issue is one artist putting their hand in another artist's work, but here the UK trio turns out a pretty good rework of Phoenix's "Fences." With house-y piano hits, snares, and rubber-y bass combining to make a sort of mutant pop, this remix sounds like Phoenix's attempt at new jack swing. Perhaps a Ready for the World cover will be in the cards for the French quartet sometime soon? [The Fader]










Fences is my least-favorite song on the album. I like this remix a lot less.