Autour de Lucie
Faux Movement
| |
It's a good thing Autour De Lucie hired drummer Sebastien Buffet, because without his heavy rhythmic anchor, the Paris trio's music might have floatedaway forever. Buffet, who alternates between jazz business on "Lent" and a harsher industrial thud on "Je Suis Un Balancier," catches singer ValerieLueillot's airy French-language murmuring before it goes too far. Thanks to Buffet and Tricky's old producer, Ian Caple, the band's third album has atrip-hoppy Portishead quality, with the electric rock-guitar chords of "Vide" and the buzzing factory noises of "La Condition Pour Aimer" staking claims for alternative radio play. But pumped-up special effects aside, Autour De Lucie's primary weapon remains
Read More Lueillot, a rising talent who's just a step or two away from the perfect band to match her voice. (STEVE KNOPPER)
While previous Autour de Lucie albums had a warm sound, this one adds brooding electronica and retro-post-punk touches to their interwoven-guitars-and-sweeping-strings pop palette. Fans of classic Cure or early New Order will go for the luxurious suffering in a big way, although vocalist Valerie Leulliot has a defeated Parisian point of view that's all her own.
|
