Charlène Darling - La Porte (Vinyl) R.E.M Somethin’ Stupid

Somethin’ Stupid

Kill It Clean

Darcy Clay’s pioneering talent and "country-fried punk rock" are testament to the cult-like figure he's now become

While producer Steve Lilywhite mostly stays out of the way and lets the group careen through its songs — minimalist post-punk numbers with an obvious debt to English predecessors Joy Division — there’s a spirit to these performances that foretells greater things to come

Taking equal ques from Sade and The Stooges

Charlène Darling - La Porte (Vinyl) R.E.M Somethin’ StupidSn exploration of misplaced desire and all consuming romantic obsession, told through a series of beautifully constructed leftfield pop songs. La Porte, the second studio album by Charlotte Kouklia aka Charlne Darling, finds the artist and her group building a self contained musical world via French and English language vocals, and a minimalist backing of guitar, organ, bass and drums. At times recalling the feminist post punk of The Raincoats, the