Label: Because Music
Release date: 25/01/10
Website: http://www.charlottegainsbourg.com/
Multi-talented French one Charlotte Gainsbourg returned to our big-fat screens last year in Lars von Trierâs well-received Antichrist, and now here she is returning with other her favourite past-time, in the form of new single Heaven Can Wait. 2006âs previous album 5:55 was a thing of beauty, her light, spoken-word singing voiced matched by compelling soft pianos and strings; music to be played i...
Label: Because Music
Release date: 25/01/10
Website: http://www.charlottegainsbourg.com/
Multi-talented French one Charlotte Gainsbourg returned to our big-fat screens last year in Lars von Trierâs well-received Antichrist, and now here she is returning with other her favourite past-time, in the form of new single Heaven Can Wait. 2006âs previous album 5:55 was a thing of beauty, her light, spoken-word singing voiced matched by compelling soft pianos and strings; music to be played in a lift said some detractors â but the sexiest lift youâll ever have set foot in, thatâs for sure.
Beck features in the new single â well âfeaturesâ is quite an injustice, his fingerprints all over this track; Well, he did co-write it after all. It marks a definite departure from Gainsbourgâs sound of 5:55, with the new track possessing a very folksy feel, in terms of subtly âjanglyâ (awful word, apologies) guitars and somewhat in terms of lyrical content also. It flows through along splendidly and the two voices compliment each other; though as a whole, somehow never excels itself like you feel it could. Itâll be of interest to see how Beckâs influence throughout the entire upcoming album, IRM, plays out, which Beck produced.
Make sure to watch the fantastically surreal video below, directed by Keith Scofield. It features an astronaut with pancakes for a head! A man having a bath in cereal! Beck singing to a guy with half a beard! Imagine that! Well, now you donât have to.
Itâs as if Gregory Crewdson were to have a nervous breakdown and then be invited to direct a video for Sesame Street. Check it: