The Airportline: Observations

I'm a big fan of French pop. Especially sunshine-poppy bands like Phoenix and Tahiti 80 which managed to combine guitar-pop with soul and funk long before anyone else did. I guess Daft Punk had something to do with it. One of my favourite pop orchestras Phoenix is now getting ready to follow up their wonderful The Strokes meets Shout Out Louds sounding 2006 album It's Never Been Like That, with Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (out in May). That is one crazy name for a record, but the first song from their album which is called 1901 shows that we do not need to worry. Sofia Coppola's boyfriend (singer Thomas Mars) and his friends still know how to craft a perfect pop-tune, now with some opportunistic electronic influences not far away from Cut Copy. For a free dose of sunshine pop that will put a smile on your face, go here!