Pitchfork Forkcast: New Music: The High Violets: "Chinese Letter (Ulrich Schnauss Mix)" [MP3/Stream]

New Music: The High Violets: "Chinese Letter (Ulrich Schnauss Mix)" [MP3/Stream]

Portland, Ore., four-piece the High Violets and German producer Ulrich Schnauss have similar habits. Shoegazing, for instance, and invoking the moody textures of old 4AD bands like Cocteau Twins. On last year's To Where You Are, the High Violets approached such pastimes from the vantage of a guitar band, helped by frontwoman Kaitlyn Ni Donovan's ethereal vocals, which at times recall the Sundays. Schnauss continues his electronic approximation of Souvlaki-era Slowdive on this year's Goodbye. He brings the same digital dreamscape approach to a remix of To Where You Are's "Chinese Letter", his contribution to the High Violets' forthcoming Satellite Remixes compilation. But Schnauss didn't work with any voices quite like Ni Donovan's on Goodbye, and this trebly escape may be the best track he's had a hand in this year.