Since their establishment in 1989, Yura Yura Teikoku have built an enormous fan base in their native Japan on a foundation of raw, expansive psychedelia. Hollow Me, their newest full-length, departs from that trademark sound toward less explosive, more muted sonics. The album is certain proof that YYT can sound like themselves without relying on or resorting to formula. The band's remixes of two of their singles from that LP – "Dekinai" and "Sweet Surrender" — are further evidence of how YYT tinker with their sound to create music that's at once both familiar and new.

On "Dekinai (Remix)," as well as an extended version included on the A-side, the band takes the template of the original songs and add subtle flourishes here and there. Behind lockstep thudding bass, two-note guitar pluckings and Sakamoto Shintaro's vocals, watery, trickling chords skitter across the background, and silver tones appear and dissipate. "Sweet Surrender (Remix)" loops murky bass and darkens the album version by replacing its sing-song vocals with a moody whisper. An instrumental remix of the same lifts the original's reverb-drenched, delayed guitars, but strips away very nearly everything else – bringing the B-side of this 12" to a sparse, almost minimal close.

Yura Yura Teikoku have managed to combine their psychedelic gleanings, pop sensibilities, krautrock tendencies, and dance music abilities on these new songs. DFA is proud to offer these four unique remixes from a band that consistently proves why it's deserving of its status.

- Kali Holloway