Great find by longtime FS-friend Frans Stoele, this breezy track by Carla Chanelle (Charlotte Béland). From an even breezier EP, just released. I must say, with a pseudonym like ‘Carla Chanelle’ you might expect a pastiche or even parody, but the songs are really sunny and sweet.
Not for the faint-hearted. Comes with a trigger warning.
I’m defenseless against this kind of sugary synthpop. Sue me.
Fine English/French duet
Ooh. Oooohhh.
This new French track by Dutch dark romantic duo Donna Blue is tres tres coule:
Gorgeous duet. Plus a video that looks like it was directed by Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko).
David Baudart of Burning Peacocks released two singles with female vocalists. Both of them are VERY much in the vein of what this site is all about:
As a follow up to the Juliette Armanet track below, I thought it would be nice to compile a playlist with nouveau disceau songs: chanteuses who’re influenced by Chic-like guitargrooves, irresistable handclaps and sugary strings. Armanet, Corine, Coeur de Pirate even, Yuksek at the controls of Brigitte and Therapie Taxi, even more! Find that playlist HERE.
Back in 2014, this blog posted a track by Juliette Armanet, and after that: crickets. Weird. She made a few albums after 2014, in 2021 the kinda brilliant, very danceable Brûler le feu was released. This lead track is not recent, but burns like a house on fire: