The dreamy, distant lo-fi sound of Nicolas Michaux’s latest release, ‘Parrot’, is uniquely addictive. His voice crunches its way through a funky bassline and punchy drums, often accompanied by well-balanced falsetto harmonies. The otherwise desolate texture is eventually permeated by a twangy, bright guitar that keeps jangling out bouncy melodies until the track fades out. Michaux explains that ‘Parrot’ is “one of the oldest songs on the record but the one that I recorded last. I was performing it live during the tour of the first album, but it took me several years to grasp it and find an arrangement that does it justice. The band that accompanies me on stage, The Soldiers of Love, helped me a lot through suggesting different ideas and working again and again on different versions.” Be on the lookout for his forthcoming album, Amour Colère, duo for a September 25^th release. -Dan Peeke