In 2005, the French duo's eponymous debut introduced their singular take on post-punk nuggets by the likes of Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Tuxedo Moon, and the Undertones, recasting them as svelte, sophisticated bossa nova-inflected chansons. This follow-up is a beguiling, retro-futurist odyssey, containing covers of Echo & the Bunnymen, the Buzzcocks, Lords of the New Church, Billy Idol, U2, Blondie, New Order, the Cramps, Bauhaus, the Smiths, and more. "... a beautiful, melancholy exercise in deconstructing familiar songs and reassembling trace amounts of the melodies into fresh music" - Boston Globe. "Fresh (and refreshing) takes on these classics... The songs are so wildly different in their dreamy form that they stand on their own" - Flaunt.
1 The Killing Moon - Originally Recorded By Echo and the Bunnymen
2 Ever Fallen in Love? - Originally Recorded By the Buzzcocks
3 Dance with Me - Originally Recorded By the Lords of the New Church
4 Don't Go - Originally Recorded By Yazoo
5 Dancing with Myself - Originally Recorded By Billy Idol
6 Pride (In the Name of Love) - Originally Recorded By U2
7 O Pamela - Originally Recorded By the Wake
8 Heart of Glass - Originally Recorded By Blondie
9 Confusion - Originally Recorded By New Order
10 Human Fly - Originally Recorded By the Cramps
11 Bela Lugosi's Dead - Originally Recorded By Bauhaus
12 Shack Up - Originally Recorded By a Certain Ratio
13 Let Me Go - Originally Recorded By Heaven 17
14 Fade to Grey - Originally Recorded By Visage
In 2005, the French duo's eponymous debut introduced their singular take on post-punk nuggets by the likes of Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Tuxedo Moon, and the Undertones, recasting them as svelte, sophisticated bossa nova-inflected chansons. This follow-up is a beguiling, retro-futurist odyssey, containing covers of Echo & the Bunnymen, the Buzzcocks, Lords of the New Church, Billy Idol, U2, Blondie, New Order, the Cramps, Bauhaus, the Smiths, and more. "... a beautiful, melancholy exercise in deconstructing familiar songs and reassembling trace amounts of the melodies into fresh music" - Boston Globe. "Fresh (and refreshing) takes on these classics... The songs are so wildly different in their dreamy form that they stand on their own" - Flaunt.
