Francois & The Atlas Mountains - Piscine

Everything's 'piscine' these days - 'piscine' this 'piscine' that. Anyway here's another 'piscine'  from this former Fence collective outfit and the inaugural signing to Domino France. As you might expect its very French. It opens with chirpy gallic tack piano, its entirely sung in French yet its hugely tuneful and reminiscent of some of the Super Furry Animals more whimsical side projects. On the flip you get a more countrified downbeat offering musically sounding not unlike 'Harvest/Harvest Moon' era Neil Young with its air of rural melancholy.  A pleasant diversion yet perhaps because of the language barrier I'm finding it difficult to fully connect. Ticks all the boxes though.