Chrominance Decoder

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Details: ReviewPreciousness is a virtue to this former Ren & Stimpy Show animator … who dresses up as a ’60s French chanteuse and coos through a modish set of Mancini-style pop tunes. — Entertainment WeeklyAmazon.caUsing faux French ’60s lounge pop as the starting point for her sonic discourse, Elinor Blake, a.k.a. April March, displays plenty of musical savvy and the rare ability to come up with a good hook. As April March, she uses her kittenish voice in the style of Parisian chanteuses like Franoise Hardy. French producer Bertrand Burgalat lends a spare, sophisticated musicality to the record, arranging delicate layers of electronics and horns around March’s slick studio ensemble. With heady instrumental interludes, fragile acoustic ballads, and Stereolab-style rock flourishes, March seems to be a substantial musical enterprise as well as an interesting alter ego for the talented Blake. A warning, though: she s