Terminus encompasses everything that is beautiful about French indie music. Songs dripping heavy with drama, emotion, like lovers under twilight in a nouvelle vague film before the tape is fast forwarded to a blur. Timeless. Endless. The analog synths sets the tone, gives them away. The secret is finally revealed, and I’m going to be in this for the long haul, where’s mycigarettes.

[Video: Terminus - Division of Time Theme]

The melancholy female vocals come on. She’s the girl in black, running in the rain, towards someone, this is her monologue. Her song, a story. I cannot hear her well but the feeling is that of ache, sadness. The rhythm is sound of her body language. Is it about a certain misfortune? The anxiety of measuring the weight of love lost? Metaphors. Meaning. Metaphysical philosophy and science.

Then the song ends, abrupt, hung, like an idol on a tightrope in the kitchen – don’t cry over spilt milk.

These tracks siezes me by the throat:

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Buy Terminus on iTunes here.

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