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"Audrey in the Country" - Envelopes
I know, know: she's singing out of tune. But bear with me, and her, as together we try to make it okay anyway. Lead singer Audrey (yes) Pic gains some points back for her endearing, Parisian accent (many of us Americans find what we call "foreign accents" unaccountably endearing, for some reason). And maybe the accent somehow makes the pitch problems a little more bearable, but in the end chalk it up to one of pop music's most mysterious (infuriating?) qualities--namely, that singing in tune is not a prerequisite for success. So stay with this quirky, bouncy little song and see if it doesn't work for you too somehow. For me, when the band kicks in fully, at around 0:28, the swelling, bright blue joy of the melody and the perky, melodious accompaniment takes over and suddenly, life is bright and bouncy. The presence of what sounds like a Hammond B3 organ in the swirly mix definitely helps. No doubt this is some sort of quirky, autobiographical thing but I'm not spending a lot of time trying to figure it all out, I'm just enjoying the romping-through-the-meadows sound of the ensemble, which creates a sonic innocence in the context of which the off-key singing perhaps almost makes sense. Envelopes is (are? never sure how that works) a quintet featuring four guys from Sweden, and Audrey, from France; "Audrey in the Country" is a tune from the band's first CD, entitled "Demon," which was released last summer in Europe on the Psychotic Reaction label. The MP3 is available via the band's web site. "Pluto" - Clare and the Reasonshttp://www.fingertipsmusic.com/this_wee
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