French duo Suzie & The Rocket — vocalist Manon Zouiche and Mlle Caro and Franck Garcia‘s multi-instrumentalist Franck Garcia — specialize in cinematic sound that draws from the 70s AM Radio California pop sound with nods to several Italian film score composers.
The duo’s full-length debut, The Karel Show is slated for a December release. While reportedly revealing their undying eagerness for musical innovation, the album’s material sees the duo pairing Zouiche’s dreamy melodies and thematic concerns with Garcia’s prowess for catchy hooks and science and tech background. The result according to the duo is music that will lead the listener to dancing through a breezy pop that’s dreamy, trippy and a bit melancholic.
The duo’s first single together, and The Karel Show‘s first single “Scared Of The Wind” is a carefully crafted, breezy bit of psych pop featuring twinkling keys, a supple bass line and a steady rhythm paired with Zouiche’s dreamy and yearning delivery and some remarkably catchy hooks. Rooted in bittersweet nostalgia, “Scared Of The Wind” was written while the duo was in Southern France during a hot summer with a strong wind called a sirocco.
As the duo say “That Sirocco is a vivid wound, the one that appears after a series of failures.” The song questions “our ability to overcome anxiety and melancholy.”
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