So I’m scrolling through my inbox at midnight because sleep is for people with healthy coping mechanisms, and I see this track land – Carter Brady teaming up with Anna Comerford for an EDM remix of his 2021 indie rock original. My first thought? Why the hell would you take a guitar-driven track and throw it into the EDM blender? My second thought, about thirty seconds into the song? Oh. Oh, this is why.
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This track is what happens when you take sexual tension, crank it through synthesizers, and add a beat that makes you want to do questionable things in dark corners. Brady calls it “a fun EDM version,” which is technically accurate but undersells how fucking hard this thing goes. The original was indie rock with big guitars and raspy vocals but this version strips all that down and builds it back up with pulsing bass and electronic production that feels like it’s designed for 2am decisions you’ll justify to your friends later.
The lyrics waste zero time getting to the point. “I came down to help a lover / I’m just stuck with two who need a good cover.” Right off the bat, we’re in messy territory – someone trying to be helpful, ending up in the middle of something complicated, probably making it worse. That’s the setup, and it’s deliciously unclear whether this is about actual romantic entanglement or just the chaos of trying to navigate other people’s drama. Then comes “I know what it’s all about / Women need a man who’s figured it out”—which could read cocky except the production is so frantic it feels more like someone convincing themselves they have control of a situation that’s already spiraling.
What makes this remix work is how Brady and Comerford lean into the electronic chaos instead of fighting it. The guitars that defined the original? Gone. The raspy vocals? Processed through enough effects to feel distant and immediate at the same time. This isn’t a subtle track. It’s built for clubs, for late nights, for moments when you’re past caring about consequences. The EDM production amplifies everything that was simmering under the surface of the indie version and turns it into something that demands your body moves before your brain catches up.
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Carter Brady has this whole backstory—90s alternative rock mixed with modern indie pop, playing Mercury Lounge to 150 people, working with everyone from former Foo Fighters members to Nirvana’s touring cellist. He’s clearly got the credentials and the jack-of-all-trades thing going, writing and recording everything himself. But this remix shows he’s not precious about his work. Taking a 2021 indie rock track and handing it over to the EDM treatment takes guts, especially when the result is this different from the original.
The genius move here is recognizing that some songs have multiple lives. The indie rock version probably hit different—more emotional, more raw. This EDM version isn’t trying to replace that. It’s doing something else entirely: taking the same lyrics about messy attraction and complicated situations, and making them into something you can lose yourself in on a dance floor. Same story, completely different energy. And honestly? Both can exist. This is the version for when you’re done processing and ready to just fucking feel it.
