• Music
  • 06 Sep 04

Nouvelle Vague

Nouvelle Vague
Barry O Donoghue
Barry O Donoghue

Bossa and nu-jazz/funk versions of punk/new wave classics from The Undertones, The Clash, Killing Joke, PIL, Dead Kennedys delivered by two sultry chanteuses.

Bossa and nu-jazz/funk versions of punk/new wave classics from The Undertones, The Clash, Killing Joke, PIL, Dead Kennedys delivered by two sultry chanteuses. We’re not joking. It wears thin on some tracks (but this depends on your ironic bossa tolerance levels – ours are medium to low) but their version of The Specials’ ‘Friday Night Saturday Morning’ melts our cynical heart.

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