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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | April 5th 21 |
Au soleil, c'est parfait. An sweet poppy album that works particularly best in its summery tracks and is impressively consistent, as none of the tracks feel like filler. Sure, some work better than others, but the ones that aren't as good at least tried something different, and the album never really bores. 1-3, 7-8 and 11-12 are all super catchy, summery bops with varying amount of synth goodness, and really make the backbone of the album. 9 is cute but doesn't work as well as the prior two tracks, though it has a nice darkness in its lightness that makes it interesting. 10 is romantic but in a non boring, non-ballad kind of way which I appreciated. So really that second act 7-12 is all great and confirmed the feeling I had on 1-3 that this would be a 3.9. I had some doubts before that though, as 4-6 is a bit weaker and more erratic. 4 is great but the guest vox is not too fab imo. 5 is reasonably catchy and is fun as it introduces English to the album, but despite its catchy chorus it is the first track that isn't really playlist worthy. 6 is kind of sad and balladey, which is fine but doesn't work too well especially after 5. So a quick dip in energy, but that is rapidly compensated by a great second act: the alb overall is a sweet 3.9
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| 3.8 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | January 18th 21 |
The most famous gal in Belgium since two solid years. Her first album Brol proves to be a sweet indie/synth pop record with clear chanson Francaise influences, as well as some English-speaking lines translating her love for English and American pop. The album is extremely slick, like, really, one of the most polished record to come out of the recent Belgian scene, and it only shows how well surrounded she was - thus proving she was the one artist pushed forward by the industry. Well, it worked: Brol was #3 in 2018 in Belgium, #1 in 2019, and #2 in 2020. Fucking hell. Some tracks are passable fillers, but the ones truly standing out are sweet pop anthems ("La thune", "Tout oublier", "La loi de Murphy"). On top of all that, the social critique present here perfectly spoke to the Belgian people. So, you've got a pretty gal who can craft cool songs that have a underlying meaning? No wonder she's so successful.
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| 4.0 excellent | alamo | October 24th 21 |
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