Melody's Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage (2017)

Yeah, I think this really is an astonishing record. Hope people don't sleep on it.

Same

I checked this out due to it being Dungen-adjacent and I'm digging it a lot! Any Jane Weaver fans out there should give it a whack.

It's going to take a few listens to completely get my head around this record, but it feels… for want of a better word… important.

I checked this out due to it being Dungen-adjacent and I'm digging it a lot! Any Jane Weaver fans out there should give it a whack.

weird -- some of "Desert Horse" reminds me of Blonde Redhead's "Equus" (which was about singer Kazu's very serious accident involving a horse)

She said she'd not written anything since her illness so it must pre-date it

Yeah, I think the album was completed a year ago and ready to release before the accident.

Calstars is a tough customer tho quands tbf is the best track.

Few thoughts: cross my heart revisions improve that track from its initial release. Longer outro. Shirim sounds better too. Visions of someone special appears to be partly a cover and an original, which is cool.

I love this album. Would kill for a full collab / tour with Dungen.

Melody just released a new record called Emotional Eternal that I think is pretty stunning.

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3817370855_10.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83R6r2xILx8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB1DiRWZAO8

First half is excellent though loses some steam by the end. I love her singing in French.

Beautiful album. She's so underrated.

The homage/tip of the hat to Gainsbourg and Vannier's " L'hotel particulier" on "the Hypnotist" is lush.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l86CKCllUiU