I've always found the consumer acceptance of HEALTH to be an interesting thing to try to understand. They were co-branded with Crystal Castles with the hit blogville song "Crimewave," and they've had a ton of remixes made for the club and for plenty of alternative bro iPods. Even though they play hardcore concept rock, they understand the power of the remix, and have utilized it to create a stronger brand.

They put all of their remixes on an album and called it HEALTH DISCO.

I think it's safe to assume that there's less blog readers who buy actual albums, and way more d-bags who browse record stores to buy CDs. I could see a lot of people who have never heard some of these remixes but enjoy thinking that Health is really good purchasing "HEALTH DISCO."

When I start to think about HEALTH too much, I wonder if I would feel the same about them if they didn't have remixes. If NO AGE had their songs remixed by popular producers, would I buy into them? Without remixes of Health, I might have written a post about 'how I don't understand why people like HEALTH so much.'

But yeah, I like a few Health songs and a few of their remixes, and I think blog-fueled music has kind of needed a hardcoreish band to counterbalance too much electro or too much weinery indie rock on all types of blogs. Health has a highly bloggable production model.

I also think they were pretty fortunate that the CFCF remix turned out to be one of the best 'remixes of a hardcore-ish song that a producer managed to convert into a pop hit.'

While there have been plenty of REMIX ALBUMS already, I feel like Health is one of the first bands to release most of these remixes to blogs to keep their buzz sustained as they toured, then actually put them on an album for consumption beyond blog-readers and DJs.

[MP3]
Health Triceratops (CFCF Remix)

Buy "Health Disco"
http://lpu.bigcartel.com/product/health-disco-cd

Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/healthdisco