Plaisir - Sap (2020)

A new trio consisting of a French, an Italian and a Swede, and hailing from, surprise, surprise, Berlin, the most multicultural city I can imagine, released their first material in the form of an EP called Sap. A very short one, like the title itself, but impressing enough to catch my attention.

The suggestive (though in fact innocent) cover art hides some dream pop with a warm, intimate atmosphere (perhaps also because of French language they start in). The dreaminess of their music is only strengthen by the mesmerizing guitar backgrounds and some occasional bell-like sounds. This doesn't mean they don't do catchy music, with the best examples in Bread for the Dead and, primarily, Poste Francaise (with the best use of spoken word ever and also directing the whole album towards more coldwave-like areas). The EP is very short but also so genre-rich I am extremely curious what they come out with next time. Lovely album.

Sap costs 5 EUR.

Check: Poste Francaise

Country: France/Italy/Sweden/Germany

Genre: dream pop-wave

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