Like many of the underground outfits on the Cudighi Records imprint, Pont \u00e1 Mousson is shrouded in mystery, with minimal social media presence, and even very little info on the packaging of this limited edition cassette. What we do know is that Pont \u00e1 Mousson is an artist from France, and he’s got a very unconventional view on how pop music should be made, as evidenced by the 10 unusual tracks present here.<\/p>\n
\u201cSong For Her Hair\u201d starts the listen dreamy, soulful and a little bit eccentric as Mousson layers vocals in the slow, sparkling atmosphere. \u201cHappy Family\u201d follows with some charming psychedelic pop tendencies in the vocally strong and musically melodic delivery.<\/p>\n
Things only get more unpredictable from here, including the romantic \u201cI’m Happy Just To Be With You,\u201d which makes good use of cautious percussion, while \u201cCan’t Do This To Me\u201d recruits falsetto vocals in the ’70s friendly climate. Despite its morbid title, \u201cI Wish You Were The One Drowning In That Tsunami\u201d is quite pleasant; the sounds of water(!) are met with gentle keys and smooth vocals in a hazy display of vintage pop.<\/p>\n
Further along, the album highlight \u201cForever, Tomato And Potato\u201d offers echoed vocals alongside a warm guitar line as atmosphere is key in the retro setting. Meanwhile, \u201cIt’s Getting Better\u201d complements the sophistication with piano and strings interacting playfully. \u201cSurfing Plans\u201d exits the listen firmly in singer-songwriter territory that tips it hat to The Beatles, and might just be the most straightforward tune of the bunch. <\/p>\n
Pont \u00e1 Mousson penned and performed all the tracks here (with some writing help on the title track), and his atypical vision and very precise execution certainly in the undeniable charm of a record that sounds like it could have been made in any decade since the ’60s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":34193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10583],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-46024","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-pont-a-mousson","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46024"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}