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Sep 14, 2016Mystère is a long, cohesive, and magnificent work of art, full of vivid soundscapes and synesthetic tableaux.
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Oct 14, 2016The distant rumble of the crashing sea and the odd squelch of moog provide a thrilling climax to a superb album.
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UncutSep 23, 2016This is bold, imaginative, and, on occasion, deliciously strange. [Nov 2016, p.32]
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Q MagazineSep 23, 2016Ou Va Le Monde is twanging Tarantino-bait, Tatiana is a thumping, technophile take on The Velvet Underground, Le Chemin is gloriously woozy and Exorciseur is Gainsbourg-esque. But they're all eclipsed by the closing Vagues, a 13-minute psychodyssey. [Nov 2016, p.108]
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Sep 14, 2016It’s recognisably the work of an indie band, but not one constrained by preconceived notions of what indie must be, and it’s well worth your time.
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Sep 14, 2016La Femme’s second album Mystère continues where Psycho Tropical Berlin left off, though it is a more sophisticated affair, and perhaps more subdued too (though that’s no bad thing). There’s still room for the surf rock antics of the impossible catchy ‘Où va le monde’, but on tracks like ‘Septembre’, there’s a definite sense of foreboding as summer ends and the season changes.
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Sep 14, 2016With 15 tracks totaling over 70 minutes, including a 17-minute closer, Mystère's ambition will challenge the ears and endurance of some. Having said that, the album is well sequenced, alternating lighter and heavier tracks, and the whole presentation has that enviable je ne sais quoi--c'est cool.
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Jan 6, 2017Some tracks fare better than others, and it would certainly be a stronger album without the insistent disco party beats of SSD or Elle Ne T’Aime Pas.