Mièle & Humpty Dumpty

I will admit, I’m not completely satisfied by this record. Not because of some production or songwriting problems, but mainly because I completely stopped listening to French records a few years ago. But the history of Mièle and a part of my musical past are closely linked as the band is on three of the four First Steps & False Alarms compilations, so here we are.

But I still like a few songs a lot, even if most of them are too much orchestrated, nervous or ‘french pop rock’ for me: ‘Jesus II’ is quite lovely, ‘Je vous avoue’ is their old classic, the first version was on FSAFA vol 2 and ‘Les méfaits’ is just perfect (à la Jean-Louis Murat)

This first long awaited album by this Belgian band is also the occasion to celebrate the birth of a new promising indie Belgian label called Humpty Dumpty and run by the same guy (Christophe Hars aka NOONI ) behind the Dictapop events that brought new life to Brussels indie shows these last years. And when you know that the next release will be the first Loobke album and that maybe Sepia Hours will be part of the adventure too, you can only be quite happy and already give to Humpty Dumpty the same sympathy you have for Matamore Recordings or Own Records.

Mièle
Humpty Dumpty
Dictapop
First Steps & False Alarms