SOTD #72 // Pallers: 'The Kiss (Suburban Kids With Biblical Names Remix)'

27 May 2010, 13:37 | Written by Rich Thane

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Pretty psyched to be premiering the first new material by Suburban Kids With Biblical Names in over a year. Yes, it may be classed as a remix, but this has SKWBN’s trademark ramshackle genre-shifting pop strewn all over it. We featured the original version of ‘The Kiss’ a week or two ago (SOTD #61 in fact), but the two versions are different enough in their execution to more than justify it. The Pallers original is a slow-burning, sun-drenched electro workout – whilst SKWBN’s re-imagining is an altogether different beast.

After a brief intro using the tracks original vocals, Johan Hedberg and Peter Gunnarsson crack the whip and turn ‘The Kiss’ into a skewed duet – stripping away the balearic breeze of the original and replacing it with tropical rhythms, off-kilter acoustic guitars and a drunken party atmosphere. So, Suburban Kids doing what they do best then? Absolutely.

Pallers: ‘The Kiss (Suburban Kids With Biblical Names Remix)’