Lanre Bakare 

Sebastian Tellier: L’Aventura review – self-indulgent, in a good way

Sebastian Tellier gives Bossa Nova a generous coating of Parisian swagger on his lush, expansive new album, writes Lanre Bakare
  
  

Sebastian Tellier
Parisian swagger … Sebastian Tellier Photograph: PR

Sebastian Tellier is not interested in current trends, instead operating in his own singular world. On L'Aventura, his sixth album, Bossa Nova is the loose theme, and he gives the sound a generous coating of Parisian swagger. Starting with Love, a flute-led stroll around a pastoral scene, the album is full of lush, expansive music that seems wholly concerned with whisking you off into an Antonio Carlos Jobim-shaped universe. It isn't until Ricky L'Adolescent that you get into territory that feels truly Tellierian: lingering husky French whispers meet Patrick Adams-style synths and a 4/4 beat. That continues into the 14-minute Comment Revoir Oursinet, which is ridiculously outlandish but has a catchy hook at its heart. Yes, it's hugely self-indulgent at times, but in the best way, whereby the listener is gently invited along for the ride, rather than dragged kicking and screaming.

 

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