Music Notes: April March, Chick Habit
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Not sure how exactly this happened, but I sort of got on a French pop kick a while back, starting with Isabelle Adjani’s Pull Marine, moving through Stereolab and ending with Keren Ann. One of the odd offshoots of this genre is April March, a kooky American surf bird, who earnestly sings in French. From what I’ve gathered online, she was an animator on the Ren And Stimpy show and recorded with a band named the Shitbirds. Gotta love this stuff.
Each April March album is worth savoring, but I’ll start with Chick Habit. April’s voice is tweety-high, and definitely grates after a while. But there are thankfully few songs to keep this journey into loony tunes bearable. My faves: Deux Garcons Pour Une Fille - a 60s blast with a neat Disneyland type center melody, Cet Air-La is perfection. I have a strange feeling the lyrics are about chopping a hamster into bits.
The stand out track is the truly daffy Chick Habit. I guess this surf-guitar, Bond theme tune with some horsey-horns was featured in the film But I’m A Cheerleader. In it, April scolds some Casanova to hang up the chick habit, or he’ll be cut in two and meet a nurse in a hearse. What a hoot.
The album art is straight up this cat’s alley, featuring a seductive yet dog-eared creepy - thrift store LP vibe. Imagine finding one of those topless girl ink pens among your uncle’s swizzle sticks. The cover is girls and guitars, while within is a photograph of April toying with a troll doll, and another where she’s in an Avengers pose. I think after she surprises 009 with flowers, she’s planning to shoot him in the knees.
A bit more research is always a good thing. Turns out April’s “Chick Habit” is an English version of an old France Gall song from the 60s.
Wikipedia: April March
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