Telefon Tel Aviv have mastered the art of balancing the bittersweet romance and occasionally excessive melancholy of so many '80s electro-pop pearls, dusting off their retro sleeves and presenting them in the form of lavish, melodic epics. The new EP features the intoxicatingly beautiful album opener "The Birds" in its original version and in two remixes that could hardly be more contrasting from Ellen Allien and Matthew Dear. None other than Cocteau Twins co-founder Robin Guthrie makes an appearance on "The Sky Is Black."Side A 01. The Birds 02. The Sky Is Black (feat. Robin Guthrie) Side B 03. The Birds (Ellen Allien Remix) 04. The Birds (Matthew Dear Remix)
