Though En Attendant Ana’s daydream-y drone pop takes clear influence from fellow Parisian forebears like Stereolab, the quintet’s motorik songcraft is distinctly lean and clean, pared down to its essential parts. Tasteful, chiming guitars and stabbing basslines provide a loose framework for vocalist Margaux Bouchaudon to shoulder much of the emotional weight, navigating gloomy jazz progressions like wave pool undulations on standout track “To the Crush.” Camille Fréchou’s brass and woodwind contributions add elegant texture to the mix, weaving in and out of bursts of retrofuturist synthesizer.
Parisian quintet En Attendant Ana have dazzled since day one. From the muted strains of their 2016 EP “Songs From The Cave”, to the assured 2018 TiM debut “Lost & Found”, to the sparkling refrains of “Juillet”; released just before the world collapsed around us, and which stood as the band’s rebirth and purest statement of their music ambitions – until now. “Principia” is the band’s third album and is without a doubt their best yet.
En Attendant Ana is:
Margaux Bouchaudon
Camille Fréchou
Maxence Tomasso
Adrien Pollin
Vincent Hivert
released February 24th, 2023
The Fat Angel Sings 