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Drums of Death - Franz Ferdinand Remixes (stream)

Katharine Wray
21 Sep 2009

Drums of Death does a killer remix of Franz Ferdinand's "What She Came For", and of Peaches "Lose You". Makes the listener feel like they're in a hipster basement club dancing with a gaggle of very skinny kids, holding on to the ceiling.

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