Cœur À L’Index Adieu Minette
- Format
12 Inch
Black
£18.00
‘Revenir de loin, Lumière au bout du chemin, Je fais le point, Sans savoir où va demain, Choper un train avec un sourire en coin’ (Tomber De Haut) ‘Coming back from far away, Light at the end of the road, I take stock, Without knowing where tomorrow is going, Catching a train with a wry smile’ (Fall From A Height)
Brussels trio, Cœur À L’Index (Heart To Index), make their vinyl debut on Adieu Minette (Goodbye Minette) with a vibrant power pop album that calls in equal measure on influences from 1960s’ pop and 1970s’ punk. The jauntily infectious French language vocals are crystal clear, the rhythm section crisply punchy, and the guitar bright and clean with a hint of jangle as it teases out gently melancholic melodies.
It is, perhaps, though the skilfully crafted backing harmonies that steal the show adding a delightful layer of bittersweet complexity as each track unfolds. Indeed, they form an important bridge between the breezy yet tightly honed song writing and the rather more disenchanted lyrical tales of stale relationships, controlling partners, and drifting through life, with just the hint of better times to come. Personal favourites are the briskly bouncy Dernier Fois (Last Time) and the catchily sombre Minette.