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This Panda Bear tune has had a very long lifespan-- we reviewed the track in December 2005, it appeared on Person Pitch, a video arrived in October 2007, and there've been a number of remixes along the way. And why not? It's one of the highlights of the album it wound up on, which topped many best-of 2007 lists, including Pitchfork's. The "XXXChange Remix" by Spank Rock producer Alex Epton currently making the blog rounds turns the wispy vocal loops of the muted original into surging dancefloor fodder; it's not exactly a natural look for the song but it winds up working pretty well, as it essentially embeds fragements of a subtle, dreamy tune inside a crushing anthem that won't be denied.

MP3:> Panda Bear: "Comfy in Nautica"
[Person Pitch is out now on Paw Tracks]