Alors quoi

A wonderful contrast of vocals and instrumentation, the former full, harmonic, yet droning, the latter sometimes sounding farther away and tinnier, as if they were recorded on a hand-held tape recorder. A dark melancholy radiating its own brightness, creating a kind of mantra. But then it switches, and the instrumentation comes in full, lush. The repetitive nature and raw, nocturnal qualities of the music at times has been likened to something an unplugged The Velvet Underground might have done, and you can especially hear that comparison on track 4. Lyrically, the album is open to interpretation, as the songwriters designed it.