Charlne Darling – La Porte (Vinyl)

Sn exploration of misplaced desire and all-consuming romantic obsession, told through a series of beautifully constructed leftfield pop songs. La Porte, the second studio album by Charlotte Kouklia aka Charlne Darling, finds the artist and her group building a self-contained musical world via French and English language vocals, and a minimalist backing of guitar, organ, bass and drums.

At times recalling the feminist post-punk of The Raincoats, the avant songcraft of Brigitte Fontaine, or the psychedelic vignettes of Cate Le Bon, in truth Charlne Darling sounds like herself.

The arrangements are playfully experimental, dubbed out percussion bubbling over the stripped back instrumentation, or rough tape edits disrupting lush harmonies, but never losing sight of the earworm hooks that make these songs so addictively listenable. Step through the door and walk right in.

BLACK VINYL LP
PRINTED INNER SLEEVES
INCLUDES LYRICS IN FRENCH & ENGLISH

Tracklist:
SIDE A
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Disparais
Tout s’efface
Les gros chevaux
Au fleuve
Abril Terra
SIDE B
La chanson du regard
Out at sea
Encore un soir
Une nuit sans amour