Video: Au Revoir Simone "Sad Song"

Au Revoir Simone is three ladies, with three synths and a whole heap of talent. Their gentle electronic music has soothed this writers ears for almost two years now and so we felt that it was about damn time that we caught up with the band to have a quick chat about their performance at this years SxSW Festival.

Are we trading coasts and breaking hearts? I'm reminded of a certain line from Kicking and Screaming : "Selfish girl leaves helpless boy for overrated country." Only in this case, there's a paucity of selfishness and California's not a country. (Bye Jean!) So here we are with Au Revoir Simone playing in our headphones, feeling a bit sorry for ourselves, "Sad Song" on repeat. Have we fallen for the Postal Service once again, hopped up on drum machines, electronics, and sweetly sung sad songs? Of course we have. (But we're in good company, David Lynch.) [...]

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