Popincourt: The Brilliant Missing Link

French musician Popincourt released his rather good jazzy mod Britpop album A New Dimension To Modern Love in 2016. The Brilliant Missing Link, a song from the recording sessions that oddly enough didn't make the cut back then, will be released as the A-side of a 7" single via Jigsaw Records on March 2. it is an user friendly song, a sunny and upbeat throwback to late Sixties/Early Seventies power pop with an organ creeping in that is part Alan Price and Dave Greenfield.

The instrumental ImprovISAtion (Part 1, 2 & more) is pushed forward by a looped bass motif, with jazzy synths on top resulting in a gentle chill out track, stitched together and slightly expanded version of the two separate parts on the album.

Popincourt: A New Dimension To Modern Love

Jazzy mod Britpop is a genre that pops every now and then, with The Small Faces and The Style Council as the most familiar names. French musician Popincourt taps into the same source with his first full-length A New Dimension To Modern Love, an album that has written "happy sounding Summer holiday songs" all over it. Like most Frenchmen Popincourt has trouble properly pronouncing the "W" and the "S" in English, but it only adds to the charm of his songs. Plenty of radio-friendly tunes sit alongside more adventurous tracks.

The lead single I Found Out, the old school French pop songs The First Flower Of Spring and Happy Town, and the lazy lounge title track with Sixties inspired backing vocals- the latter two with the inevitable trumpet dropping by - will appeal to the latte loving crowd. The short instrumentals Improvisation / Part 1 and Part 2 are mere interludes to appease to the musically adept listeners, who will dig the use of vintage keyboards. A New Dimension To Modern Love is an unashamedly mainstream album. Pop, jazz and a hint of blue-eyed soul all get their turn in the spotlights.