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Album Review: Anne B – Outremanche
French singer based in London self-releases mini album, a charming blend of electro and folk.
Written by Tom Stanton
‘Outremanche’ (French, literally “across the channel”) is the new mini-album from the London-based French singer filled with plaintive pop ballads and electro frippery, sung predominantly in her native tongue.
The warming, warped folk-pop of the opening track mixes Yo La Tengo-esque pockets of distant distorted guitars with velvety Stereolab vocals . My state-funded education in the language of love means I can only translate the odd word like ‘minute’ or ‘England’, but it doesn’t matter, that’s the beauty of the French accent - it makes even the most the humdrum subject matter sound alluring and filmic. Therefore, the album works very well when listened to on a walkman, turning mundane acts such as getting the number 12 bus to Totton into a scene from ‘Belle de jour’.
The high-pitch pistons and echoing vocals of ‘Je suis là’ lead into a suitably sultry cover of the
