That’s right. We are covering two remixes by two bands who remixed each other’s last singles. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania boasts having both Hemlock For Socrates and Take Me With You, and it seems a shame to not review both these darkwave acts together.

We reviewed the Hemlock For Socrates’ original version of “You’re Not Here,” and it was a perfect song about a relationship that has gone sour. Now there is the Take Me With You mix, and it is has echoing and glitching vocals build the tension. The electronics are, for the better use of a word, prominent, with meatier rhythms. They do great justice to Shore’s singing, which is seductive and at some points, it almost sounds like a call to prayer at the house of sorrow.

“Chameleon” was released back in 2022 by Take Me With You, and the original is this cool dark electronic music with a vocalist that, at least in this track, sounds like Kate Bush. Wow, the remix by Hemlock For Socrates in a whole different creature, with bubbling programmed loops, making everything feel so light and space age. There are vocal distortions and odd bleeps that warm you further to the track.

There are no versions of these remixes on YouTube, but I figure you should still indulge in the singles before you have a listen on Bandcamp. It is wonderful to see independent musicians working with each other in the dark scene and I already knew about Hemlock For Socrates, but now I have another band to watch in the form of Take Me With You. They have reworked each other’s music and Interestingly enough, one is about losing a lover to indifference and the other about (I believe) an individual that needs medication but finds it changes everything about them, so it is never their true self. All this has brought us a whole lot more joy.

You’re Not Here – Take Me With You ‘Hands on Your Skin’ Mix | Hemlock for Socrates

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Chameleon – Hemlock for Socrates ‘Never Be a Girl Again’ Mix | Take Me With You

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