Autour De Lucie

Faux Movement (Le Village Vert)
by Michael McCarthy

Faux Movement, the third album by Autour De Lucie, has been released in France. While Valérie Leulliot’s vocals remain a pleasant blend of haunting and sweet, the songwriting is a bit more progressive this time around, the disc opening with two songs clocking in at over six minutes. The first, “Je Reviens,” is also the first single, but it’s so intoxicating that its length hasn’t scared away radio or video channels. And the songwriting isn’t the only thing that’s grown – the production, by the band and Ian Caple, now includes lots of electronic tinkerings. (The sound is still that of alternative rock, to be sure, but there are finer details to be noticed upon subsequent listenings.) Since they are one of the few French-language artists to have had an album (or two, in their case) released in the States, one would hope that Faux Movement would see a release here, but thus far, I haven’t even been able to find it in Montréal record stores. Definitely worth ordering online though.