French laidback quartet Feutre have found a way to combine jazzy vocals and retro-pop, with touches of early Bowie and the carefree arts for arts sake attitude of Serge Gainsbourg. Multi-instrumentalst Michaël Korchia and singer Virginie Raynaud bonded over a shared love for soft-spoken melodies in 2019 and started writing the material that is now available on the debut album, Nos rencontres.
With the addition of two guitarists - Pierre Cazal and Olivier Dubarry (who also brought in his Farfisa organ) they serve up a full-course meal of tasty pop songs about awkward circumstances and things going terribly wrong, without letting it getting them down. There is always a new evening (Encore un soir) or a trip with fresh opportunities to look forward to (Un jour nouveau).
Feutre:
Virginie Raynaud: vocals
Michaël Korchia: bass, guitar, keyboards, programming
Olivier Dubarry: guitar, Farfisa
Pierre Cazal: guitar
Nos rencontres is released via Kocliko (CD, digital).
Tracks:- Les regards étrangers
- Pour oublier
- Apocalypse
- Te fuir
- Encore un soir
- Mal façon
- Acte 1
- Sentiments
- Là
- Un jour nouveau
Thnks a lot for this review, Hans!
ReplyDeleteMuch appreciated :)
it's a delicate album with a great landscape of melancholy. Thanks Feutre !
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot :)
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