Geoffrey O’Connor has remixed ‘Back In Town’, one of the standout tracks from Maxine Gillon’s 2025 debut Girl Songs, in what feels less like a natural extension of their shared musical language.
Where the original leaned into guitars and crisp drums, O’Connor strips the song back to something airier and more emotionally exposed. In their place come elegant synth textures, clipped electronic percussion and a recurring ringing telephone motif that drifts through the track like an unanswered thought. The remix creates more space around Gillon’s voice, allowing the vulnerability in her lyrics to sit closer to the surface.
What remains intact is the song’s breezy melodic pull. Gillon’s vocals float effortlessly across the production while the track gradually slides into a vocoder-heavy centrepiece before snapping back into its buoyant rhythm again. It’s polished without feeling sterile, nostalgic without becoming trapped in imitation.
O’Connor’s fingerprints are all over the arrangement, but the remix never overwhelms the song itself. Instead, it sharpens the emotional tension already sitting inside ‘Back In Town’.
Maxine Gillon will be performing an intimate solo acoustic on June 6th at Cactus Room in Thornbury. Entry is free from 2pm.
Stream ‘Back in Town’ HERE.
