8/13/24.
There was a time where all I was listening to were releases from Frischluft! Tonträger. Krischan's label combined pop with kitsch in a completely disarming and charming way.
So, last week when I saw that Krischan had bought a lot of music from French artist Olivier Rocabois (Paris, France), I gave it a listen. Disarming and charming.
This is classic cooner indie pop in the vein of David Bowie, The Divine Comedy, Matthew Edwards, Paddy Hanna and Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard. There are also hints of the wonderful Ed Askew.
This looks to be self-released. The Bandcamp page gives a useful listening hint:
"The new LP The Afternoon of our Lives is clearly split in two different strokes: the A side tells the tales of a carefree, happy-go-lucky ex-party animal whose sense of wonder has remained evergreen whereas the B side is much darker and leads you through the most hazardous regions of a troubled mind: the solitary son, very superstitious and pessimistic has become a man obsessed with fetishism and nostalgia."
