Heard this track on the Nouveautés-stream of the almighty FIP Radio. I immediatly fell for it. Very dreamy, very folky. Very emo. Camille Camille = Camille Willemart, from Belgium. Quote from her bio: ‘Her work feels deeply personal, often exploring themes of observation, connection, inner reflection and the natural world.’ Not sure what they mean by ‘natural world’, I guess she means nature, the environment, this music sure does work whilst staring out of a window, in a forest.
Good to see and hear that David Lynch, and composer Angelo Badalamenti (the genius behind the soundtracks) are still a huge influence. Stella Plage is a sultry duo, Amandine & Jean, who know how to built an atmosphere. Three singles so far, earlier they made music under the Paprika Kinski moniker.
One the most anticipated (well, by me at least) French albums of this year, is the debut ‘Guérir’ by marguerite (‘comme la fleur’). The first singles were all very good, very pop, with a dance undertone, and bass-driven. The basslines are very prominent in some new tracks, most notably ‘Moleskine’. But also in this one:
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:
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