NEW STUDIO ALBUM!
CD VERSION
Fabienne
Delsol’s new album Four
is a culmination of a year or so’s activity at Toerag studios. The
big change this time around is the co-production by Fabienne
alongside Luke Oldfield, himself a long-time engineer and producer at
Toerag. Though swathed in the same toil and tears of her previous
three solo albums, Four
has a more nuanced and mature sound, rooted in psych whilst retaining
some snappy French pop and ‘60s garage styles of auld. There is
also a mass of complimentary instruments, in particular the Mellotron
is a welcome and worthy addition to many of the tracks. The
contemporary and original songs 'I'll Never Be Lonely Again' and 'See
How They Run' are masterfully crafted for Fabienne’s distinct
delivery, and both feature a strong ‘60s groove in-keeping with her
trademark sound, the latter being a contender for the highlight of
this classy album.
As is archetypal of a Fabienne Delsol LP,
carefully chosen covers are lovingly interpreted via Fabienne’s
delicate voice – take Lyme and Cybelle’s ‘Follow Me’, itself
a wonderful heavy-handed garage-folk jaunt, or the stunning take on
the Human Beinz’ second album opener ‘Face’, a spellbindingly
solid piece - praise indeed to the assembled players on both. A
lifelong devotee of “the Quo”, it’s no surprise then to hear
Fabienne tackling a Spare
Parts
album track, only here ‘When I Awake’ is pared-back and
sparkling, whilst Francoise Hardy’s smouldering French classic
‘J’ai Fait Du Lui Un Reve’ is reimagined with a sumptuous air
of the ethereal, with stark emotion in that voice and slowly building
up tonal layers as the track progresses - you’ll struggle to hear
anything as haunting this year.
TRACKLISTING
1 – See How They Run
2 - Ladder
3 – Door Knob
4 – So Many Could Not
5 – When I Awake
6 – The Face
7 – No Love To Give
8 – J'ai Fait De Lui Un Reve
9 – Follow Me
10 – I'll Never Be Lonely Again
11 – Hurtin' Kind