La Femme: Mystere Vinyl 2LP La Femme

“French pop connoisseurs La Femme present Mystère. La Femme have made a huge mark on modern Paris’s cultural landscape, with the two sides of the city – the glamour and the grit – ingrained in their music. Returning with a more psychedelic sound and guest vocalists that slice through the starkest of electro beats, Mystère sees La Femme celebrating their wonderful city. From the chattering tête-à-tête heard on ‘Conversations Nocturnes’ to the throbbing disco beat of ‘SSD’, a direct reference to the pulsing nightlife hotspot and multi-cultural district Strasbourg Saint Denis where the band is based. Recorded between a castle in Brittany and a Paris basement before being finished up with Sonny Diperri (Animal Collective) in LA, Mystère once again sees backgrounds blurred and worlds collide. The band’s chic retro-futurist surf-pop sound possesses the same dose of glamorous punk stomp as before, but this time around it’s layered with an elegant fusion of influences from Ennio Morricone, Marie Et Les Garcons’s disco-rock touch and the lysergic romanticism of The Velvet Underground. Through increased use of strings and further exploration of sound, Mystère also incorporates the band’s new love of oriental sounds, Turkish disco, Tuareg blues, medieval psychedelia to mainstays Brian Eno and Pink Floyd.” – Born Bad Records

• sophomore album from French psych-synthpop band
• black double vinyl pressing
• printed printed insert
• music label: Born Bad Records 2017