My review: AIMABLE - A l'etouffoir!

 AIMABLE - A l'etouffoir! 

The unstoppable French: decadent, out-of-touch and ever so nationalistic. There is a play of forces in their DNA that continues to amaze the old scribe, a fascination that, musically, has always linked him to that country. Here comes this majestic, perfect, intoxicating and enthralling work. Once upon a time there was Coldwave and it had the country of Platini, Chirac and so on in its folds. The boys from Dijon with these 10 tracks maintain the characteristics, knowing that they possess the secret of time that keeps everything intact. There is not always development, the growth of things: some things are valuable if they remain the same, through the ages. The rhythm, constantly fast, the synths that say it all with little effort, the bass that broods elegance with clusters of majestic notes, all together give a picture that if it does not reach the Louvre, it is only because of those who do not want to embrace true beauty. You can hear very well that he lives a joy inside the prison of every limitation, that he knows how to find an explosion: here he turns it into music, which manifests itself in a chain inside an empty fridge, songs are the only chewable food. If you're looking for references, there will be plenty of them, but also add an extraordinary aspect: a record that sounds like it was born in 1981 and sounds perfect in 2023 is already cause for amazement…

Alex Dematteis

Musicshockworld

Salford

7th February 2023

https://aimable-idiophone.bandcamp.com/album/a-l-touffoir