Fabienne Delsol
Between You And Me
Damaged Goods
This is the follow up to Delsol's 2004 debut No Time For Sorrows and it sees her continue her blend of 60's swing and cheeky euro-pop. She has a wonderfully playful voice that works best when sung in her native French tongue as in the album opener Vilaines Filles Mauvais Garcons and the gentle country tinged warmth of Pas Gentille. This is not to say that songs like debut single Catch Me A Rat don't fill the listener with delight. These are simple songs but it's their simplicity that charms and the swinging nostalgia that dominates much of the record is in no way contrived.
Leave Her For Me or Don't Throw Your Love Away could be the soundtrack to a 60's high school prom, or at least the French equivalent, while Loot has all the arrogance of a franco-Kinks. Whether it's Hawaiian style guitars, acid rhythms or foot-tappingly chirpy organs, Delsol's achingly sweet tales of love lost and found are stunningly addictive. One glimpse of her voice will have you smitten and your heart will be forever hers. If you ever bought a Nouvelle Vague record you should be ashamed of yourself, this is the real deal.
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