''The Remixes'' is an
EP by British
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...
band
White Lies, released on 17 April 2010 by
Fiction Records
Fiction Records is a British record label founded by Chris Parry in 1978, owned by Universal Music Group and based in the United Kingdom. It is best known for being the home of The Cure for over 20 years. It was originally a part of Polydor, ...
. The EP was released as part of the 2010
Record Store Day
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, and limited to 500 copies.
The material, all previously unavailable, consists of remixes of songs taken from the band's debut studio album, ''
To Lose My Life...'' The final track, "
Unfinished Business", was remixed by Jorge Elbrect, lead vocalist and guitarist of Violens, a New York
psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...
band who supported White Lies on many of their ''To Lose My Life...'' tour dates in the U.K.
The artwork for ''The Remixes'' is identical to that of ''To Lose My Life...'', except for the colour, which is inverted.
Track listing
References
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White Lies (band) albums
2010 EPs
Remix EPs
2010 remix albums
Record Store Day releases