‘Aérodynes’ by Fievel Is Glauque | “A two-headed entity”
Exclusive track premiere of ‘Aérodynes’ by Fievel Is Glauque, a two-headed entity: the Belgian Ma Clément and the American Zach Phillips – formerly of Blanche Blanche Blanche and the OSR Tapes founder.
The band’s name refers to the main character of An American Tail, directed in 1986 by Don Bluth. A melancholic film, carried by a poetry that can be found in each track of this Belgian duo, attracted by pop experimentations, hostile to conventional forms.
In less than four minutes, Ma Clément and Zach Phillips manage to synthesize their influences to remind you what a good song should always be: an ode to freedom, an artistic proposal that dynamizes the pop format with grace. They are currently on tour with Stereolab.
French singer and visual artist Ma Clément met songwriter Zach Phillips in 2018 as he reeled from a concussion after colliding with a Brussels streetlamp. The band leading duo independently released their debut album ‘God’s Trashmen Sent to Right the Mess’ on New Year’s Day of 2021 with as little fanfare as any of Phillips’ forty-plus past records (see: OSR Tapes, Blanche Blanche Blanche), but it gradually garnered cult acclaim among musicians and online crate diggers.
Recorded entirely live with cheap microphones, half-broken cassette equipment, and a rotating cast of twenty-five able accompanists in New York, Los Angeles, Brussels and southern France, the uncategorizable compilation of twenty quick-moving miniatures ranging from bossa nova to post-punk stands as a unique document of a promising group with an unusual ethos.
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