REST | CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG

12.17.17 Charlotte is the daughter of one of the most beautiful women of the 60s and 70s, Jane Birkin, and the late great French crooner composer Serge Gainsbourg (my #521 and #727). Over the decades she has made her own success as a believably revealing actor. Some of her roles in Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier's films, like Nyphomaniac and Antichrist, have been quite raw and, at times, very risqué performances to say the least. Then she shows up in the mega blockbuster Independence Day: Resurgence. I had to check IMDB on that one because I couldn’t believe me own eyes. Most of Rest is sung in French and the spirit of Serge is quite present. “Deadly Valentine” and "Sylvia Says" really stood out for me. The entirety of Rest is a really pleasing Euro synth-pop, and beyond, record. On to my 2nd listen…today.

Olivia Horn at Pitchfork writes: For non-Francophones, it might be tempting to brush past the French lyrics that appear on this record, and certainly, there’s a hushed urgency in Gainsbourg’s delivery that maps out her tone. . .