Saturday, February 25, 2023

En Attendant Ana - Principia

 

Parisian operators En Attendant Ana with their third album Principia. Remarkably its even more sleek, refined and notable than their previous record Juillet from 2020 and their star seems set to ascend further in the Indie firmament across the coming months. 

The band clearly set their controls to coefficients previously mapped out many times by Stereolab in the Nineties. Comparisons are inevitable with the most casual encounters with any song on Principia. But En Attendant Ana are such skilled practitioners that the evident overriding influence becomes an asset rather than a burden.

The songs here, like Stereolab's best, are mathematical in terms of their precision and rigor. Ten songs, thirty five minutes of familiar yet fresh pleasure. An altogether wonderful pop record that slides across its rails like an express train making yet another smooth crossing of  the Alps. 


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