Midnight Movies – Nights EP

Midnight Movies follow up their second album with a collection of remixes, covers and other rarities in a new EP. The band called in Nick Zimmer to remix “Souvenirs”. Nick Zimmer is in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and he adds a nice hybrid of punk guitars and electro beats to the song giving it a since of urgency and in conflict with Gena’s laid back and contrite vocal. James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) does some really nice things with “Patient Eyes.” He adds a lot of drums and breakbeats to the song giving it an frantic and chaotic feel and it fits Gena’s vocal quite well. The surprise of this EP has to be the bands cover of “Nights In White Satin” usually when bands cover such classic songs it makes me cringe. Yet, the band really pull it off without try to to do to much to the original and being true to the spirit of the song. Also, included is the band doing the song in French which, is really stunning as Gena sings with such power. Should Have Known” and “Stormy Eyes” are two leftover from the “Lion The Girl” sessions and are certainly worth a look here. There are a lot of cool little nuggets on this EP and being a fan of the band in the past this was a cool to listen to. Their cover of “Nights In White Satin” is worth tracking down and the version they did in French is unlike any version of the song you will ever heard.