Pitchfork

Just when you thought you never needed to hear "1234" again, here we are: Bikini season. This string- and banjo-decorated song of regret from Feist's fantastic 2007 LP The Reminder has fallen away from the folk-pop tree before (like an Apple, you know?) through remixes by the likes of Van She and Boyz Noize. Montreal duo Bikini, who have a show coming up  in Stockholm with the Tough Alliance later this summer, turn "1234" into lazy summer-day electro-pop by doing a full-fledged cover, rather than remixing it. Humming tones contrast with lo-fi blips and bleeps, beneath a slightly robotic vocal. It wouldn't fair to say that Bikini kill the song-- quite the opposite, in fact. They breathe new life into a great track many of us may have played (or at least posted) a few too many times last year. You can hear other Bikini songs and download their Concerning the Number 7 and Your Love EP on the group's MySpace.

MP3:> Bikini: "1234"
[from MySpace]