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Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Lou Doillon : Places review

Well, I’ll be damned.

April’s not done but already there’s a shoo-in for album of the year.

Parisian songbird Lou Doillon  daughter of director Jacques Doillon and Jane Birkin, half-sister of Charlotte Gainsbourg – serves up a moody debut in which her warm, part sung, part spoken vocal caresses sublime songs which owe more than a little to Aimee Mann and Leonard Cohen.

It’s invidious to single out any of the 11 gorgeous songs here but heart-breaking opener ICU is the ideal introduction.

Be warned. Seduction is guaranteed.

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