Melodious and delivered with more style than average, “L’Indocile has that playful indie pop vibe that, when combined with almost chanson like emotional intensity, makes the Feutre’s song seem rather less serious than it actually is.
Super smooth pop music seems to be popular at the moment and Alex Amor certainly takes the super smooth approach in delivering her song “Avalanche” to our ears and I am duly reminded of the west coast rock sound of the seventies.
Hitting the retro trail in search of that mystical mix of melody and harmonies are Swedish band Sunnan with their song “I Need You” ending up sounding like it should have been on AM radio in the sixties. It’s a good way to spend three minutes.
“Flight To Earth” has something of an indie pop groove with the added synthesisers adding a bit of purpose to The New Tiger’s musical intent. As a song, it’s kind of groovy but would have been even better if it had fitted into three minutes
Verias Smith sounds convincing all the way through his song “Defy” with the combination of the big ballad aesthetic and the inspirational lyrics likely to prove an uplifting experience to mellow rock fans of a certain age and upwards.
More of an incantation than a song, “Philadelphia” highlights the fact that music can be as much about the creation of atmosphere as it is about the presentation of melody and message. Melanie Radford duly makes the mists of time appear.
Very much in the spirited pop punk style, Widows Peak! keep it beer friendly all the way through their song “Daisy Chain” with some decent discontented lyrics adding a vodka chaser to their drinks order. That will do nicely.
“Thar’s Love” sounds like it was intended to invoke the spirit of better, and often psychedelically remembered, times with Scott C Parker laconically emoting out front but the crude production does the song absolutely no favours.
There are times when I wonder if everyone in France has style as “Sous Les Oliviers” exudes style with wistful vocals and some retro synth pop musical influences giving Pilote all she needs to be the new princess of the cool kids.
I like a song that sounds like a soundtrack for delinquency and “Floorfiller Miss” by Scampi Chips Dips & Campari is such a song with that combination of pop punk vibe and bad attitude lyrics sealing the deal for me.
I kind of like this kind of song with Darius Oon sounding like an indie popster of old that has been put on the cheeseburger diet. “Sense” duly exudes sentimentality and, praise be, even uses melody to get the song from start to finish
“Wings of a Butterfly” is a rather sweet song that would not be out of place even 30 years ago. Sesame Girl throw some indie pop, some Americana and some endearing quirkiness into their song and that, unsurprisingly, takes me to the bridge.