"Shadows" (Dark Wave Mix) - Cannons

My new favorite band Cannons reissued their definitive "Shadows" album back in July, the pretty-much-flawless offering that spawned their monster hit, "Fire for You." The "Midnights" version that came out last month contains 3 remixes in addition to the original track listing: a midnights version of "Fire for You," a dub mix of "Talk Talk" and - my personal favorite - a dark wave version of "Shadows." Coincidentally, it's also my favorite track off the regular album!

It retains the dark, seductive energy of the original track while adding a haunting new layer to the track that suits it well. The other two remixes are good, but I find this one to be exceptional: 

I dig this whole Midnights concept artists are getting into. Roosevelt did it really well too!

And weirdly, Clay Aiken has some remixes of "Invisible" that are now here 22 years later. I mean, sorry to Cannons to go off on a weird Clay Aiken tangent, but "Invisible" has always been kind of a creepy bop? Like it's not a bad pop song. The lyrical content is just, questionable.... but I mean the early 2000s, we kind of greenlit a lot of questionable stuff...

Shoutout to Dave Aude for making a banger that literally no one probably asked for! I admittedly am enjoying it too, as I have been a reluctant claymate for many years.