Nero's second full-length album, titled Between II Worlds, is finally scheduled for release on August 28 and the anticipation is already building after the group headlined the Outdoor Stage at Coachella last month. Two of the tracks released thus far, "Satisfy" and "The Thrill" present a markedly poppy picture from the noir futurist group, who are equally adept at dropping melodic pop hooks as they are throwing down gnarly bass heaters.Although Nero have moved away from the drum and bass that first made them stars, their ties to the sound are strong enough that they reached out to Ram Records' Canadian star Rene LaVice on remix duties for "The Thrill." The result is nothing like what you'd imagine.The original version of the tune is an anthemic electro-pop number with soaring melodies and rock elements. LaVice took the latter feature one step further, throwing in organic drum sounds, cowbells, feedback, and more walloping guitar energy than any Nero track has seen before. Before you get a moment to get comfortable in that aesthetic, an ominous tone begins to quickly build, and before you know it, you're in the midst of a boisterous and chaotic jump-up drum and bass vibe that sounds like a Playaz rave in East London.The track is one of the most surprising maneuvers we've heard in recent memory. It's worth listening to for the sheer novelty of the switch-up, but maybe LaVice has invented the genre of punk-rock-jump-up. We always knew drum and bass was dance music's version of punk, but this track is punk rock's version of dance.Rene LaVice is on Facebook // SoundCloud // Twitter
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