Martin Léon Kiki BBQ (La Tribu/Select)
This is the latest horse in the stable of La Tribu, the local label that’s also home to Les Cowboys Fringants and Jérome Minière. Léon’s particular spin on the neo-chansonnier formula comes off well, a folksy bluespop moderne with a sly groove and sly wit. A confidential, you-me-and-the-bedpost tone informs his delivery, almost whispered at times, of a lyrical stance halfway between thinking man and wise guy. In fact, the most earnest piece here is the nonsensical “Somelaihen” (the rest sport jouale so thick that the lyric book is a soup of apostrophes). Filled out with some spacey atmospherics and a little Beatles flavour (as on the title track), Kiki BBQ sizzles with slow-burning goodness. 8/10 (Rupert Bottenberg)
http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2002/082202/disc2.html
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The album arrived yesterday, and on second listening, a "glitch" I ran into on the first hearing turned out to be to be two bonus tracks. YES!
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