Listen to IDLES’ “campy and violent” remix of St. Vincent’s ‘Pay Your Way In Pain’

nme.com:

IDLES have put a gritty techno spin on the St. Vincent track ‘Pay Your Way In Pain’, which guitarist Mark Bowen says is intended to “ramp up the camp and the violence” of the original tune.Sonically, the remix marks a stark departure from both IDLES’ and St.

Vincent’s typical styles. It’s a deep, driving club banger evocative of ‘Power’-era Boys Noize, driven by spatial stabs of distorted bass, chopped-up vocals and a dry, minimalist beat.‘Pay Your Way In Pain’ is the first track on St.

Vincent’s sixth album, ‘Daddy’s Home’, which landed back in May via Loma Vista. In a statement shared with IDLES’ remix, Bowen said the band were drawn to the album for the way it “[uses] this camp energy in a really violent way”.“It reminded me a lot of the.