songs from the EP. These re-edits were analogized by Rauscher as "the soundtrack to Fitzcarraldo 2: Electric Boogaloo, in which the obsessed hero builds a disco next to his jungle opera house." The first of these remixes is a version of "Frozen Forest" by DJ Jacques Renault, which Coleman called a "bridge track, one that constantly inches us higher, without exploding." The remix removes the guitar from the original track and turns it into a dub-influenced house song. It is followed by a remix of "It Was Never Meant to Be This Way" by electronic music duo Games, which was described by reviewer Steve Shaw as a "lush affair" with "chopped DX7 pads and afro-new age staccato melodies". The remix was also included on Games' EP That We Can Play (2010). Another remix of "Frozen Forest" by English balearic group Coyote adds a disco element to the original song and is much more melodic. The last remix of the digital edition of The River is a piano version of “It Was Never Meant to Be This Way," which The Fader analogized as the story of a "damper-pedal virtuoso and plaintive high-cheekboned ghost [that] take[s] residence inside your ear to elegantly discharge their story of composure amidst agitating stillness." Release and promotion Two tracks from The River were released before the EP was distributed: "Before and After Light" on September 28, 2010 and Games' remix of "It Was Never Meant to Be This Way" on October 11, 2010. The River was released on vinyl and in digital stores on October 12, 2010 by the label RVNG Intl. The first vinyl pressing of The River was a limited edition of 550 copies. On October 6, 2010, an official video for the title track was released. Described by Larry Fitzmaurice as a "strangely unsettling clip," the video depicts a woman with anxiety on a roller coaster, kids disappearing, and a man that walks backward. On November 8, 2010, a video for the piano version of "It Was Never Meant to be This Way" was released. It uses footage of the "icebox glamor" sequences from the David Cronenberg film Stereo (1969). Reception Finlayson called The River "fresh," "original," and "exciting." Both Rauscher and Pitchfork critic Marc Hogan found the more modern-sounding material on the EP to be the best on the release. Rauscher still found its more retro-sounding tracks to be "quite effective," while