Savanah

The combination of husky vocals, dreampop and a nod to sad Wall of Sound-style ballads is pure heaven to me. To make it more specific: Mazzy Star. produced by Phil Spector, with a young Françoise Hardy singing. Enter Agathe Watremez, actress and singer, who recorded an album and a handful of singles. She’s as much influenced by the dark romantic Angelo Badalamenti soundtracks as she is by Lana del Rey. This most recent single has that big melancholy factor with on-the-verge-of-tears-vocals that I find irresistible:

On instagram HERE

Sarab

Here’s something you’ve probably never heard before: Sarab, a Franco-Syrian band, ‘a visceral sonic odyssey, where waves of pure rock and techno sounds mingle with politically charged lyrics, intimate acoustic tributes to the victims of war. On stage: raw energy, an incantatory voice, maqams, analog synths, and rhythms that verge on breaking.’ Sounds like a storm? They can be very gentle and soft as well (in the beginning) as this opening track from the most recent album proves. But beware for loudnes

The name of the singer is Climene Zarkan.

Pomme

First track from the upcoming album. As mentioned earlier on this blog, more and more artists put early 90s triphop vibes in their music. So does Pomme. It’s a grower, this track:

Fanny

Late summer retro-gorgeousness by Fanny Luzignant. Mellow melancho, if that’s a genre.

BAAB

Odd name, odd music, odd videos, odd publicity pic. BAAB is a duo (Charles-David &. Mariève) from Montreal, they release music since 2019. The most recent singles have a late 90s triphop vibe, you know, Tricky, Sneaker Pimps, Morcheeba. Some soul added to the mix, some jazz, but most of the time phat beats, breathy vocals, fx and solid grooves. LOVE IT. Listen:

See the odd videos:

Autour de Lucie

Ah, the nineties. When Britpop was king, and all kinds of bands all over Europe were tuning in to that guitar-driven vibe. In France, there was Autour de Lucie, th debut-album L’Echappee Belle (1994) still stands as a wonderful rock record. The band called it quits in 2004, then rose from the ashes in 2013. This track is from the quite wonderful, most recent album Hors Monde. Dreamy, that’s the word:

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