An accomplished self-titled album that sees Stereolab’s French disko meeting April March’s songwriting prowess in front of the Eiffel Tower


The self-titled album is filled with acoustic guitar and tambourine hits which relate to April March’s description: “a sea voyage from France to New York, then by land across the southern route of the States, ending on the coast in California with percussive flashes of time travel mayhem along the way.” It makes me think of friends with instruments and no direction to head but towards the sunlight, collaborating to make something original in a moment that’s been captured on tape while travelling. Male harmonies entwine with the soft, Parisienne purr of Blake’s vocals (who isn’t actually French).
In fact, none of them are. Blake’s collaborators, Aquaserge, feature a mélange of Tame Impala, Melody’s Echo Chamber and Stereolab. Their forthcoming album was written and subsequently recorded between Blake’s US apartment and the band’s barn in Vallesvilles, near Toulouse in the French countryside.
Verdict: Song to take on holiday with you: Ready Aim Love. C’est superbe!
Scarlett Parker
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