'Lewis Lazar is a painter, Christopher Willatt is a mathematician. They both have been writing music since they were kids and friends in Brussels, Belgium...They reunited in Paris in 2017 to begin writing anew together and reinvented themselves as The Oracle Sisters...Julia Johansen, from Finland, who had just landed in Paris with a guitar and songs of her own, joined them with harmonies and her secret talent on drums.'
The Oracle Sister's Spotify page.
The Oracle Sisters are so great that if they didn't actually exist, they would probably need to be invented. Just read the description above. Just listen to the songs posted here. They embody an idea and sensibility of life as the purest, limitless fun, in a way I haven't quite heard expressed so fluently, outside the debut Bananagun album, so far this year.
Like Bananagun, or a Wes Anderton film, they're definitely in the here and now but have a very well developed feel and understanding of the past. Their latest, six track collection of songs, Paris I is a pure breeze of efortless singing, playing and indeed harmonising. It's something I've very much enjoyed listening to on repeat over the past few days.
Nothing particularly stands out, or flops into the high jump bar. It's all of a consistent, excellent quality. They remind me most of all of the Alessi's Brothers Seventies hits Seabird and Oh Lori. Waves lapping, seagulls circling and an altogether perfect day on a hot, sunny beach. Should be interesting to see what happens next.
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