Autre Ne Veut's Anxiety

Another review up today at Blurt. I really mostly liked the single, "Counting."

AUTRE NE VEUT
Anxiety
(Software/Mexican Summer)

Autre Ne Veut splices the flowery falsettos, the slinky backbeats of classic R&B with the noisy abstractions of indie electronica. The proprietor, Arthur Ashin, captures the style, but not the substance of 1970s icons like Curtis Mayfield and Prince, executing baroque runs and flourishes in flawless whistle range. His stretches sturdy words like "baby" and "lives" into polysyllabic arias, insinuating sexual abandon while mouthing lines that don't quite scan.

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It moves

So, you have to watch this video (of Autre Ne Veut's single "Counting") very carefully to see the slow, subtle changes in the painting, and in fact, the first time you notice that the picture is moving, you are not even sure (or at least I wasn't) that is really is. Anyway, interesting video, not so sure about the song.



The album, if you want it, is out next February on Software Records.