Fennesz Reissues Endless Summer

Soundscape architect Christian Fennesz's Endless Summer received a 9.4 from Pitchfork upon its 2001 release, and Fennesz will release a remixed and remastered version of the album this winter. Editions Mego will release the updated Endless Summer on January 9, along with two bonus tracks: "Badminton Girl" (from an out-of-print Fat Cat 12") and the previously unreleased "Endless".
The label will also reissue the Plays single, which came out as a vinyl 7" in 1998 and a CD single in 1999, on 10" vinyl. Plays consists of two tracks: covers of the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" and the Beach Boys' "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)", which were determined by "the relevant mechanical and publishing rights societies [to be] so far removed [from] the originals that they should be considered as homages written by Christian Fennesz," according to a press release. Editions Mego will release Plays on November 6, and both it and the Endless Summer reissue will feature artwork by Jon Wozencroft.
And as if re-releasing an album called Endless Summer in the dead of winter weren't enough taunting, Fennesz also has a handful of live sets scheduled for November in exotic European and Mediterranean locales that most of us will not be attending due to severe cases of Seasonal Affective Disorder and Monetary Absence Disorder.

Endless Summer reissue tracklist:

01 Made in Hong Kong
02 Endless Summer
03 A Year in a Minute
04 Caecilia
05 Got to Move On
06 Shisheido
07 Before I Leave
08 Happy Audio
09 Badminton Girl
10 Endless