Croche - Songs Of The Red Dragon

Croche
Songs Of The Red Dragon
Fondation Petya Sasser Rike
France, 2024
LP

The most enchanting indie pop I’ve heard this year. The touchstones are as varied as they are familiar—90s guitar music, 80s new wave, madrigal folk, field recordings, Sade, even one take on the kind of eyes-on-the-floor, introverted club music I associate with Robyn. But it’s all given a gakwy bedroom spin that creates a tender world all its own—both alien & familiar, and better with each revisit. Big one!