Des Visages Des Figures - Noir Desir

Advantages: Distinective French music at it's most brilliant
Disadvantages: At some point it has to end

...with Noir Desir and especially Des Visages des Figures, for this has to be one of the great albums. In truth I’ve been listening to this for nearly a year, since a friend with a knack for knowing what people will like, introduced me. I listened on and off, giving it a spin every month or so, then – that fateful then – about a month ago I placed it into my CD player and slipped on my headphones… I can’t say how many times I’ve listened to it since ...
...of creativity on display on Des Visages des Figures. For it is an album of stunning creativity to rival, well, anyone. Why is it so good? In short I can but say because the song writing is sublime; the musicians superb but most importantly Noir Desir are not trying to be anyone other than Noir Desir. They are very obviously French and yet have clearly absorbed disparate influences effortlessly into their music, from their bluesy harmonicas to North ... Read review