Comment:
Ellah. a Thaun is a contemporary indie artist from France whose
method is to embrace many elements into her idiosyncratic mix.
Obviously it is not the ultimate
purpose
of her.
It
is the way how her music must be made up. This
handful of tracks surprises again with its frantic touch though by
the sound and loudness all is controlled by Nathanaelle
Hauguel. For
example, the opening piece Part
1
progresses into a sort of indie techno based on an
elliptical catchy loop. It is the favourite of mine though the rest
of the whole is also very good. She has always been strongly
influenced by post-punk music and the influence comes out in the
second part. Rough post-punk germs are crossed with the dreamy higher
chords of shoegaze thereof resulting in a bewildering while majestic
avant-pop composition. Part
3
showcases Hauguel`s
exposure
towards the motorik, towards krautrock though the drumming is vamped
up by digitally modified thin kick drums as if all of that were
extracted either from a contemporary soul or electro pop release.
Part
4
is the outing's slacker track being stylistically grunge which lazily
continues at Part
5
as well though being strongly intertwined with droning organs and wah
wah effects. As if an early Stereolab meets Spaceman 3 yet the
comparison is my mirage because that results in something very
originally spiritual ultimately. In a nutshell, undoubtedly one of
the best issues in 2017, and probably the best indie album in 2017 so
far. Amazing gal indeed.
