Charlotte Gainsbourg's song Mémoire has been attracting some much-deserved attention now that it has been made available as a download.
To these ears it's very reminiscent of Jane Birkin's work, easy on the ear and jazzy but with a dark poetic undercurrent. It's just perfect.
The song was written by Conor O'Brien from Irish band Villagers after Charlotte approached him to write a song for her to perform. Although written by someone else, Charlotte completely owns the song.
The song makes me wonder what a collaboration between Charlotte Gansbourg and the Tindersticks might sound like. That's something that I'd certainly like to hear one day.
It originally surfaced as a limited edition seven inch single for Record Store Day in April. Read about it on an earlier blog posting. >
The song is expected to appear on a double CD due out later this year to be entitled Live and Unreleased, her first album release since 2009's IRM.
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