La Vie Est Belle
by Petite Noir
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Sep 11, 2015
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Drowned In Sound
    Sep 14, 2015
    90
    As a debut record, La Vie Est Belle / Life is Beautiful is bold, beautiful and brilliantly honed.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    Sep 11, 2015
    90
    An outstanding (dare I say ‘perfect’) debut.
  3. Pitchfork
    Sep 10, 2015
    77
    Yannick Ilunga feels like pop music's future--borderless but deeply rooted, challenging but pleasurable--and La Vie is strong enough to have earned Ilunga the right to call his revolution whatever he wants.
  5. PopMatters
    Sep 10, 2015
    70
    It’s easy to mistake Ilunga for a veteran pop-maestro, but there are a few missteps that reveal his relative youth.
  6. The Line of Best Fit
    Sep 14, 2015
    90
    An outstanding (dare I say ‘perfect’) debut.
  7. Uncut
    Sep 28, 2015
    60
    Too often La Vie Est Belle, produced by Boxed In's Oli Bayston, has all the flair of an Editors potboiler, so a potentially uplifiting record becomes quite draining. [Nov 2015, p.80]
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  8. Under The Radar
    Sep 10, 2015
    85
    Petite Noir's debut LP crafts its own sound and, in the process, reveals the beauty of life through his eyes.

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