Moon Safari - Air > Reviews > Breath of French Air

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Groundbreaking
Lyrics	Sublime
Quality and consistency of tracks	Flawless
How does it rate alongside the competition	Outstanding
Value for Money

Advantages:	Great to chill out to after a long day !
Disadvantages:	So laid back you may forget its on !

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

"Chill-out" is a much over used/hyped/marketed phrase, especially in these post-rock/rave days.
So six years on, Moon Safari by Air still sums up everything that genre should be about.
We get glorious, soft vocals, seas of keyboards and heart-beat bass lines to float us away.
Its the musical equivilent of a good pair of slippers, a cup of horlicks and a purring cat.
There is a dance element there. DJs were queuing up to mix - Sexy Boy.
But everything is soothed by the flowing vocals of Blur's mate Francoise Hardy, succulent brass and teasing organs.
There are not many albums I listen to as much now as when they were released. But the strength of songs like Kelly Watch The Stars, Remember and the sublime You Make It Easy make this something special.
This is not just a hotch-potch of samples and cellos to an old James Brown sample. This is an album of proper songs with a gentle atmosphere that take you off to somewhere far more pleasant. Genre defining!