Laetitia Sadier – Un Soir, Un Chien
I’ve had the French on my mind a lot this week, with one of my favorite French singers, Francoiz Breut, making her way to Los Angeles. Recently another favored daughter of France released new music, Laetitia Sadier, with a solo record on Drag City titled the Trip. Sadier, like Breut, is one of those artists that can virtually do no wrong in my book. It’s not just talent, it’s also the fact that they make very good choices in terms of representing themselves in their music. For long-time fans of Stereolab or Sadier’s side project Monade, this solo album mines similar enough territory. One of the more interesting sonic excursions on the new disc is “Un Soir, Un Chien,” which finds Sadier lovingly crooning and talking in French over a surprisingly funky mid-tempo electro disco beat.