We are really enjoying Quiet Village's Silent Movie. Yeah, it's a retro cut-and-paste pastiche, a la Avalanches, that's unapologetically mawkish and Air-y, but it's not as kitschy. And, though there are barely enough left-field breaks and vocal interludes amid all the saccharine strings to keep it from sounding like a Hotel Costes comp or something, it's so so exquisite. We see why folks might dismiss it as chill-out muzak (it would be fine for a hipster cocktail party), but it's nice to have a mix like this every couple of years. (It just replaced that Kruder & Dorfmeister mix, which was a default for the last ... uh, decade.) If you'd like Quiet Village to soundtrack at least part of your Memorial Day weekend, we have Silent Movie's "Circus Of Horror," along with various other Quiet Village goodies.