The instrumental half moves between intimate piano, spacious electronics and gently propulsive rhythms, evoking Bordeaux in winter and Iris’s shifting hopes as Charles comes home. The vocal half draws on French and international indie pop to trace the sting of seeing Jude at the airport, the history between Iris and Charles, and the difficult work of finding one’s footing again.
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Rone · Bora - EP
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Window
The Album Leaf · In A Safe Place
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Looped
Kiasmos · Kiasmos
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White Keys
Chilly Gonzales · Solo Piano II
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Recovery
Rival Consoles · Odyssey / Sonne
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On brûlera
Pomme · À peu près
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Ta reine
Angèle · Brol
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Le reste
Clara Luciani · Cœur
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Les passants
Zaz · Zaz
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La vie en rose
Édith Piaf · de l'accordeoniste a milord
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The Louvre
Lorde · Melodrama
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Moon Song
Phoebe Bridgers · Punisher
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Somebody Else
The 1975 · I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
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I Know The End
Phoebe Bridgers · Punisher
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Je te laisserai des mots
Patrick Watson · Je te laisserai des mots
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Bye Bye Macadam
Rone · Tohu Bohu
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Forever Lost
God Is An Astronaut · All Is Violent, All Is Bright (2011 Remastered Edition)
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Safe in the Steep Cliffs
Emancipator · Safe in the Steep Cliffs
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Circling
Four Tet · There Is Love in You (Expanded Edition)
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Alone in Kyoto
Air · Talkie Walkie
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