Tag: Coeur De Pirate

  • Cœur de pirate — a.k.a. Beatrice Martin — has returned already, hot on the heels of last year’s fantastic album, En cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé. Whether this is a one-off single or she’s already made, or is making, a new album, I do not yet know. What I do know is that…

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  • by Michael McCarthy I still recall the first time I heard Cœur de Pirate, otherwise known as Béatrice Martin. I’d just watched a video by French pop diva Mylène Farmer on Youtube and it suggested a Cœur de Pirate song from her debut album next. It was “Comme des enfants” and it put a spell…

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  • I still feel slightly uncomfortable with Coeur de Pirate doing what’s essentially mainstream pop after being so fond of her early records, which were mostly her and the piano with lyrics in French, but I will certainly say that this is better than your average, synthy pop song and it kicks the shit out of…

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  • by Michael McCarthy Each year, I feel overwhelmed before writing a “best albums of” list. There are always so many releases that I’ve loved during any given year, it makes it very difficult to narrow them down to a reasonable number. (When I first listed my best from this year, it was 144 albums long.)…

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