I Thought I Was Over That: Rare, Remixed and B-Sides

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Release date: 2005-06-28

Tracks: Disc 0:

Failure of the Leading Sign Industry
40 Days
Clear Cut
Awaiting an Accident [Remix for Boom Bip]
It's Not the Worst I've Looked [Remix for Two Lone Swordsmen] [Mix]
Harrison Reverse
Daily Match
(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan [Remix for Dntel] [Mix]
Past Machine
Together in Electric Dreams

Disc 1:

Nin-Com-Pop [Thomas Leboeg Remix] [Mix] - Thomas Leboeg
Micronomic [Boom Bip Remix] [Mix] - Boom Bip
Faking the Books [Dntel Remix] [Mix] - Dntel
Grin and Bear [To Rococo Rot Remix] [Mix] - To Rococo Rot
Alienation [Alias Remix] [Mix]
Left Handed [Lali Puna Dub][Mix]
Fast Forward [Flowchart Remix] [Mix] - Flowchart
Small Things [Sixtoo Remix] [Mix] - Sixtoo
Nin-Com-Pop [Two Lone Swordsmen Remix] [Mix] - Two Lone Swordsmen

It's funny how odds and sods collections by electronic artists often add up to their best releases, from Enon's Lost Marbles to Fennesz's Field Recordings compilation. I Thought I Was Over That: Rare, Remixed And B-Sides has the advantage of spanning multiple years, from Lali Puna's early electronic pop to their later, more guitar-oriented stuff. It also has many remixes commissioned by and for the band, deeply broadening the sonic palette. Formed with members of the Tied and Tickled Trio and the Notwist, Lali Puna is something of a minor supergroup. The music is melodic, mellow, and inventive stuff that blurs the line between pop and mildly out-there sounds with politically barbed lyrics sung breathily by Valerie Trebeljahr. As such, it's perfect for fans of Lamb, Stereolab, and Laika. A few songs are experiments that should have stayed in the studio; "Left-Handed Dub" is dreadful and the remixes by Flowchart and Two Lone Swordsmen are a bit dated--too ‘90s-sounding. But that's still only one tenth of the album, the rest of which is a pleasure. --Mike McGonigal

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