Tasia and Friend : All Girls Are Lined EP (Autoproduced)

Tasia is singing to her imaginary friend. She’s singing imaginary notes - soft and low. Her voice sticks to the wall like static electricity. It reminds me of ‘A view from her room’ by Weekend. Or maybe…

Tracey Thorn looking out of the window of a Hull bedsit. Smoking a cigarette, wishing she was by the sea in shades and sundress.

The discrete sensuality of abandoned dollhouses.

Tasia’s voice is often distant, slightly high-pitched, clear, and pretty – secretly. It shyly breaks through anorexic layers of sounds – electric guitar and machine beats - gentle loops. ‘Aged girl by your side’ grows on me so much – a northern beach in the winter. We’re alone. Swinging. Your eyes are a different colour each time I stare into them. They make everything else EMPTY.

The five songs were home-recorded in Lille (France) a few weeks ago – you’d never know where they belong.

The discrete tragedy of collapsing dollhouses. Look. It is everything it ever was: IMAGINATION. This EP is very much in the spirit of El records (which is SPIRIT, and SOUL and IDEAS). There were more words than there were songs. But then I’m listening to it and you’re listening as well and you touch my hand - this is the realest feeling in the universe – fear. Tasia And Friend is every age, every season we ever were. Spring summer autumn winter, and young and old, and young again.

=> Tasia and Friend : "Aged Girl by your Side"

E.A.R

Silly Kissers : Halloween Summer EP (Autorelease)

Another tip from our Montrealese branch, here are the young & smart Silly Kissers, revelation of the latest Pop Montreal Festival. 

As the artwork suggests, dazzling, shining, crafty, healthful, striking, colourful, floating and fleecy electropop ! Silly !!!

=> A scary video

Laure Briard chante (Demo CDr)

Laure Briard' s voice has that little something that makes it instantly endearing, a bit mischievious like Hélène, a bit elvish like Pascale  and a bit naïve like Sylvie.

And behind the Muse there's an Apollo crouched in the shadow... His name is Julien Barbagallo (Aquaserge, LeCube), also seen performing with Bertrand Burgalat or Mehdi Zannad (Fugu).

You can count here on pure French POP bliss with classy songwriting, from assumed yéyé hints to semi-electronica landscapes (cfr Margo) to obsessive Vincent Gallo-tripping ballads. this is a sure heart-winner, perhaps only perfictible in the field of homogeneity ! Let's - not secretly - hope for an official Laure Briard release soon !! 

Laure Briard chante : "Tatoo"

J-M

Blueboy : Bikini 7" (Aquavinyle 01)

Chelsea Guitar

Air France

Sea Horses

Three songs recorded live at "le Bikini", Toulouse (05/94)

Keith (vocals), Paul (guitars), Gemma (vocals), Mark (bass), Harvey (guitars), Martin (drums)

"Love is an ocean so hard to swim, a race we all run but never win, I'm looking for reasons so hard to find, don't think I'll find them but I don't mind..."