We Were Mixed Up is a FREE remix album based on the songs of We Were Set Up. For more information on the remixers, see our links page.
- Microphone Song (The Claps’ You Want It All But You Can’t Have It Remix)
- Firenze (The Crash Davis Spectacular Mix)
- Slow Down Chicago (Promqueen USA Remix)
- Impostors (OFFICE Remix)
- Shadowcat (Scare Quotes Remix)
- An Apology (J. Schnable’s Lonely Robot Voice Mix)
- Heads Hurt Better (Heads Better Hurt Mix, Tuckpointed by Bitmoth)
- Just a Star (Multi-Panel Remix)
- Sympathetic Vibrations (Justin Petertil’s Freq. Mod. Mix)
- Busride (DJ STV SLV’s Crank Dat Busride Mix, feat. Pop It Off Boyz)
- Money Making Money (Jordan Cohen’s Money Making Dub)
- The Things You Don’t See (We Can and We Must Remix)
- All This Dust (Eric Ziegenhagen/Geoff Buesing’s Dusty Cough Remix)
- Microphone Song (Michael F. Gill’s Narration Mix)
- Slow Down Chicago (bill van loo’s El Trains Remix)
- Just a Star (Seth Vanek’s Milquetoast Mix)
- Sympathetic Vibrations (SIGHUP’s Shared Memory Mix)
- Busride (Tombot’s Circulator Edit)
- Slow Down Chicago (boo boo allá Remix)
Cover art based on Ben Javellana's painting,
“73216231636162826122327374 (Random Numbers)”
- Microphone Song (excerpt)
- Firenze (excerpt)
- Slow Down Chicago (excerpt or full song)
- Impostors (excerpt or full song)
- Shadowcat (excerpt or full song)
- An Apology (excerpt)
- Heads Hurt Better (excerpt)
- Just A Star (excerpt)
- Sympathetic Vibrations (excerpt)
- Busride (excerpt)
- Money Making Money (excerpt)
- The Things You Don't See (excerpt)
- All This Dust (excerpt)
Cover art by Brandon Durham
- Slow Down Chicago
- Just A Star
- Two If By Sea
- Chance At Greatness
- The Model (by Kraftwerk)
Cover photo by Sarah Hadley
- Major Tom (Coming Home) (by Peter Schilling)
- Shadowcat
- Praise To The Lord (traditional) (excerpt)
- Rescue By Christmas (excerpt)
- Tom’s Diner (by Suzanne Vega / live at Schubas)
- Let’s Stay Together (by Al Green / live at Beat Kitchen)
- Seeing Other People (by Belle & Sebastian / live at Beat Kitchen)
- Microphone Song (live on WLUW)
- Sympathetic Vibrations (live on WLUW)
- Busride (live on WZRD)
- Money Making Money (live on WZRD)
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“…Canasta can be called an indie-pop band for good enough reasons, but on
their debut album We Were Set Up they display both an ambition and a
sense of range that any number of early 21st century American groups described
in similar terms would be wise to follow… subtle… mesmerizing… stunning…
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— AllMusic
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“…Canasta’s strength has been mixing genres, ever so slightly, to keep it
unpredictable… The band’s impressive orchestral pop, which really could catch on at
any moment in a big, big way, will not cease in its power – listening to We Were Set Up
again for the first time in a long while, I can’t believe I was able to put it down in the
first place.
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— New City
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“Chicago’s Canasta play a rich and usually satisfyingly lush brand of orchestral pop… impressively diverse… rapturous…
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— PopMatters
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“Trumpet. Upright bass. Cello. Pedal-steel guitar. these tools are integrated into the mix in a smart and subtle manner, and the album's 13 songs never feel cluttered or convoluted… I'm sure that both Belle and Sebastian and The New Pornographers would be proud to claim it as one of their own.
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— Plague of Angels
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“How does one improve, or better yet expand on a full-length debut as swell as Canasta’s We Were Set Up? By turning the whole kit and caboodle over to remixers to work their magic on the songs, that’s how.
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— Chicago FreePress
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“It’s harrowing and beautiful. This is maybe the best pop band
you’ve never heard of.
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— The Stir Online
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“Canasta has slowly made a name for itself in recent years,
thanks to its inventive arrangements… (the band) has separated
itself by layering its sounds while retaining remarkable catchiness…
Canasta looks primed for a considerable breakthrough.
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— NPR’s “World Cafe”
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