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Most Au Revoir Simone songs sound so delicate they might break if you did anything to them, but that hasn't stopped a whole bunch of folks from covering and remixing material from the NYC synth-pop trio's first proper full-length, The Bird of Music.

The Au Revoir Simone ladies have been kind enough to compile 13 of these remixes and covers on a new disc, charmingly entitled Reverse Migration and due November 11 via the band's own Our Secret Recording Company. They've even arranged the reworkings to match the sequencing on the original record, leaving a little additional room for a pair of extra tracks.

Those giving The Bird a makeover include Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, Jean-Benoît Dunckel of Air (under his Darkel guise), the Teenagers, Montag, Best Fwends, and Keith Murray (alas, not the rapper, but rather the dude from We Are Scientists). Folks who snatch up the record via Amazon.com's digital store will get an additional remix of "Sad Song" by Air France, while iTunes shoppers can look forward to a ReRunner reworking of "The Way to There" as a bonus track.

Speaking of Au Revoir Simone and covers, the gals recently teamed with Sisko of NYC dance act and Reverse Migration contributors Disco Pusher to record a take on Rod Stewart's "Young Turks". Check that out here.

Finally, according to bandmember Heather D'Angelo's blog, Au Revoir Simone shacked up with producer Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Brightblack Morning Light, Vetiver, Tussle) late last month to begin work on their Bird of Music follow-up. Heather writes of "an arsenal of vintage keyboards," so I'd say there's a pretty good chance we'll be getting more of what we love from this crew on the new disc.

Reverse Migration:

01 Slow Club: "The Lucky One"
02 Au Revoir Simone: "Sad Song (Pacific! Remix)"
03 Au Revoir Simone: "Fallen Snow (The Teenagers Remix)"
04 Au Revoir Simone: "I Couldn't Sleep (Darkel Remix)"
05 Au Revoir Simone: "A Violent Yet Flammable World (Montag Remix)"
06 Keith Murray: "Don't See the Sorrow"
07 Au Revoir Simone: "Dark Halls (Best Fwends Remix)"
08 Au Revoir Simone: "Night Majestic (Matt Harding Remix)"
09 Au Revoir Simone: "Stars (Disco Pusher Remix)"
10 Au Revoir Simone: "Lark (Ruff and Jam Remix)"
11 Au Revoir Simone: "The Way to There (Mark-Anthony Tieku Remix)"
12 Alexis Taylor: "Sad Song"
13 Au Revoir Simone: "The Lucky One (James Yuill Remix)"