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April 08, 2007
Sunday chantress
If one were to get their only clues about the nation of France from the Gainsbourg's, they might assume the country has been ruled by a totalitarian dictatorship that has banned music. So much of the great work is ushered in quietly and in hush (but lush) vocals. Charlotte Gainsbourg (she of great music lineage) took twenty years off from music (save for some side work) to focus on film. The currently import-only 5:55 is popping up on blogs as its US date release date draws near (April 24), even though it drew Pitchforkian ambivalence in 2006.
Air melds Madame Gainsbourg's hushed voice with its Moon Safari-era-like piano and swing set. Forget she even had a father and enjoy.
Title track 5:55 sets up the mellow drive you should come to expect from the album. Gainsbourg's hushed whisper among Moon Safari-style piano and strings.
Charlotte Gainsbourg: The Songs That We Sing
This has Cocker's half-nihilistic, half-detached imprint all over it. A sweeping melancholy melody combines chimes and choppy baseline.
The Songs That We Sing Video
// Charlotte Gainsbourg: Web site
// Charlotte Gainsbourg: MySpace
// Buy 5:55
Posted by Keith O'Brien at April 8, 2007 12:41 PM
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Your "Pitchforkian" coinage sounds totalitarian. Or, the name of a new Middle-Asia country.
Posted by: Anonymous at April 8, 2007 02:54 PM
