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'E Volo Love’ (LP, Domino) Whilst the minutiae of the human condition might not present themselves as readily as in a Michel Gondry production, the parallels that exist between the French film-maker's quirky pictures and Francois's latest album stretch beyond the bilingual dialogue, both presenting the darkness beneath the dreamy haze as a sigh over a scream. It’s light-hearted without spilling over into sickly twee, the afrobeat rhythms and buoyant guitar lines washed out and relegated to backing for the emotional crooning rather than the driving force for a crowd’s worth of foot tapping. Even the Anglophonic songs are rooted in chanson – it is rare and gratifying for such a modern-sounding record to be so inextricably tied to its home country. (Leah Pritchard)
www.francoisandtheatlasmountains.com Copyright Leah Pritchard 2012 |
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