{"product_id":"michele-bry-essentials-vol-1-cd","title":"Michele Bry: Essentials Vol.1 (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichele Bry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEssentials Vol.1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSelf-released\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrance, 2026\u003cbr\u003eCompact Disc\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom OfficePSR:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe takeaway coffee-drinking and pastel-\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ecolored tights-wearing Parisian girl makes an anticipated debut in the physical wold with a CD mixtape that convokes many of the miniature worlds that inspire her: purse\/handbag microcosms, cereal box toys and diary doodles. Twee pop for our age \u0026lt;3\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eRightfully titled \"\u003cem\u003eEssentials Vol.1\u003c\/em\u003e\", Michele Bry's debut mixtape is completely filler-free and stands  - sonically speaking - somewhen between \u003cstrong\u003eMadonna\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003cem\u003eRay of Light\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMusic\u003c\/em\u003e albums. Deceitfully candid, it narrates the bittersweet existence of a young woman slowly biding farewell to adolescence. All the heavily-nostalgic tropes of childhood - watching cartoons in the morning (\"\u003cem\u003ecartoons and cereals\u003c\/em\u003e\"), getting ready for school (\"\u003cem\u003e3+3\u003c\/em\u003e\"), the stream-of-consciousness-type of writing in her diary (\"\u003cem\u003ej'adore\u003c\/em\u003e\") and Alice's rabbit (\"\u003cem\u003etwo rabbits and a hat\u003c\/em\u003e\") - are soaked in a discreet but enduring pain. The narrator seems to be constantly torn between frustration and delusion, and regrets loom (\"\u003cem\u003ethings I didn't do\u003c\/em\u003e\"). \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eYet here I am, having metaphysical thoughts while brushing my hair\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eMichele Bry gives to hear a fresh (French?) and singular alternative to the current resurgence of Y2K indie pop aesthetics as championed in a highly ironic manner by \u003cstrong\u003eThe Femcels\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eWorld Peace DMT\u003c\/strong\u003e galaxy. The Paris-based singer focusses instead on a more lyrical - post \u003cstrong\u003ePastels\u003c\/strong\u003e, post \u003cstrong\u003eField Mice\u003c\/strong\u003e - early-2000's heritage: that of delicately watercolored bands like \u003cstrong\u003eTrembling Blue Stars\u003c\/strong\u003e or \u003cstrong\u003eThe Postmarks\u003c\/strong\u003e. Moreover, she offers her own  twisted take on French-ism: the fruit of a vision skewed by her consumption of US medias - especially the kind that fantasize France (from \u003cem\u003eFunny Face\u003c\/em\u003e to\u003cem\u003e Emily in Paris\u003c\/em\u003e via \u003cstrong\u003eSofia Coppola\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003cem\u003eMarie Antoinette\u003c\/em\u003e) - and further amplifies these fantasies before sending them back to the English-speaking world, via these 10+1 candy-perfumed and subtly melancholic pop songs.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?si=wf2tAEA0A6fYd6Vb\u0026amp;list=OLAK5uy_nv3jbhRT0-Il_GFZoipRyi9hLnxbJpCLI\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Seasonal Work","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43920353394822,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/3874\/2150\/files\/Michele_Bry_Essentials_Vol.1_CD.webp?v=1776551998","url":"https:\/\/seasonalworkrecords.com\/products\/michele-bry-essentials-vol-1-cd","provider":"Seasonal Work","version":"1.0","type":"link"}