Combining compositional restraint with gritty, ambient film noir textures and French-influenced lilt, Pigalle sees Grater pushing her voice high in the mix, which lifts her sometimes introspective songs beyond the melancholic.
Here she walks in a Paris twilight inhabited by ghosts and glamour (Hide and Seek), roams Americana-style deserts (Exit Sign, Hymns) and brings it home with the soaring, longing To The Devil.
- Flip Grater. Pigalle. Maiden Records.
- 5 stars out of 5.
Single download: Justin Was A Junkie
For those who like: Suzanne Vega, Marianne Dissard, Gillian Welch
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