Never mind the nightmarish imagery that over-contextualized shoegazing might conjure up, this EP features two elongated mixes of
Slowdive
's
"In Mind"
dubbed-out single that illuminate the band's familiar (albeit unspoken) understanding of the world of ambient workouts and
Skam
-esque experimentation. The
Bandulu
remix takes the melancholic dream pop core of the original and sprays it with a more pumped-up, schizophrenic outbreak of drum loops whereas the
Reload
interpretation completely transforms the song into a cavernous, morose mini-epic that sounds like
Depeche Mode
on a very bad holiday. Admittedly far from one of the best introductions to the band,
Five (In Mind Remixes)
still demonstrates that the band's principles were just as much with budding electronics as with infatuated foot pedals. ~ Dean Carlson