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Bande à part
Pop · 2006 · 10 tracks

Bande à part

Nouvelle Vague

Post-punk angst reimagined as sun-drenched bossa nova. Breathy French vocals and nylon strings turn dark new wave classics into elegant, breezy lounge anthems.

June 12, 2006 · [PIAS] Recordings France

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A sophisticated, sun-drenched exhale that turns post-punk angst into elegant playfulness.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
03
Dance With Me
3:39
04
Don’t Go
3:46
05
O Pamela
4:30
07
Heart of Glass
3:39
08
Blue Monday
3:04
09
Human Fly
2:54
10
Bela Lugosi’s Dead
3:45
11
Escape Myself
3:27
12
Let Me Go
3:53
14
Waves
3:12
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the driving industrial pulse of Blue Monday is replaced by a gentle, swaying acoustic strum and a fragile vocal.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Bande à part sound next to the rest of Nouvelle Vague's catalogue?

Summer+2.1σ

Summer saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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