Beautiful new single by Meimuna:
Musique
Coeur a l’index
How ’bout we kick off the new season with a solid indie-rock tune? By Bruxelles-Marseille-based band Coeur a l’index, whose first official single is highly charming (early Cure-references):
The band’s demo is on Bandcamp, HERE. By the way, ‘Coeur a l’index’ was an 1981 single for Muriel, in the Amoureux Solitaire-Lio way. See HERE.
Sages comme des sauvages
Sages comme des sauvages (= Ava & Ismaël) released a new, very versatile album. World grooves, chanson, pop, weird stuff: it’s all there. This track, named after H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulu, got stuck in my head:
Aud Rey
Pop with a big P, about an ‘amour avec un grand A’. Slightly desafinado, as we like it. Short but sweet, in any shape or form:
Augustin Parsy & Clio
Slow burner (meaning: he writes mostly gorgeous ballads) Augustin Parsy recorded a second duet with Clio for his new EP.
Myra
Myra (pronunciation: ‘Maïra’) changed to French, after two EPs in English. Which is a good thing, we say. She likes warm-blooded rhythms, from flamenco to reggaeton to bossanova. First heard this new single:
And then dove in her other material. This funny video jumped out:
Yes, it’s sexy pop music. But with a nice subtlety, not just productional trickery, there’s some weight to it too. Which is nice. Find out more HERE
Ceylon
Cosmic indie-psyche-soul. It’s a thing, and Toulouse duo Ceylon, comprised of Louise Holt and Tristan Chevalier, play this. To break it down: there are West-African-ish guitar lines, downtempo rhythms, funky basslines, psych-electronics (very subtle), plus the high, sultry voice of Louise and the more down to earth groan of Tristan. Two albums so far, and a handful of singles. I’d never heard of ‘m before (shame), but their latest offering is VERY up my alley. See this:
En Stéréo
This is FANTASTIC. A trio from Montréal (Gab Godon,Gabriel Reichhold & Jeanne Gariépy) who make sultry downtempo music like, say, Belleruche or Boozoo Bajou back in the late 90s/early 2000s. Funky bass, soothing vocals, electronic fx. En Stéréo’s new EP has all the right vibes. Excellent stuff, also for 2024
Pale Regard
French dreamy rockband Pâle Regard released this sunny, reverb-y single. They say: ‘The song is imbued with irony and lightness, with the voice taking pride of place, perched above the instrumental like a delicate chouquette atop a stack of warm, freshly baked pastries’