Cours Lapin - Debut Album

NME favoured Scandinavian/French Indie Pop Sensation Cours Lapin with their much acclaimed Debut. Think if Domino are to release the ultimate Vanessa Paradis album she never did and Sigur Ross to produce it together with Benjamin Biolay- this would be it! You are taken in a moviesque underworld of twisted French fairytales mixed with sexy finger clipping jive from the first minute. Cours Lapin consist of four Danish film composers Asger Baden, Peder, Jonas Struck and Louise Alenius and the mood of the album delivers on this: Un, Deux, Trois moves from the dark and sensual to naive and hopeful, reminiscent of the atmosphere found in the films of Tim Burton and David Lynch. One minute you are initiated into the mysterious intrigue surrounding a murder scene in the 1950s and the next minute you are following strange creatures on strings in a 20th century puppet theatre short before the sunburst. The music is beautifully gloomy with wonderfully catchy melodies. The acoustic instruments are complimented by a few subtle electronic elements, which create an intense atmosphere around Louise Alenius’ fragile vocals and melancholy lyrics. Whilst the songs “Mes larmes secrets (My secret tears)” and “1,2,3″ are delivered with a classic innocence inspired by Classic French Chanson Traditions, “Cache-cache (Hide and seek)” and “Cours lapin (Bunny run)” mix sexy jazzy nightclub sounds with a couple of old-school surf-riffs. Bright and Unique but also Soothing and amorph Un, Deux, Trois is one of the most complete Indie Pop Albums we heard this year, Cours Lapin played Roskilde Festival as well as a Notttinghill Arts Club in 2010 to a rapturous reception from both audiences and the critics and got rave revious all over europe from French “Les Inroctibles” to leading Uk indie Mag “Drowned in Sound” .