Fuck Buddies - A Storm (2004) [folk] Dead Bees Records

Given that this guy's stagename is Fuck Buddies and he has performed alongside Xiu Xiu, a quiet album of soft crooning and acoustic strumming is probably the last thing you're expecting -- but that's exactly what Frenchman Sébastien delivers here. His name and credentials suggest a more abrasive or experimental sound, but Sébastien's music is surprisingly heartfelt and sincere. It's a good thing, too, because his lyrics are hard enough to take without any added squalls of noise drilling them into your skull. "You fell in love with whores just to feel something hard", he sings in "Sorry For the Lack of Clean Drinking Water" -- and it's one of the album's happier moments! "I Never Met Your Twin" is about staying in a relationship with an abusive boyfriend ("I will fuck this guy just in case he likes me"). "You Gotta Be Kidding" has only one line, but it's so disturbing -- "You came home late the night of your birthday drunk and alone, with cuts and bruises on your arms" -- that the resulting mental image is almost impossible to shake. "Liver" is about suicidal mother, "Ces bras gigantesques" deals with a lover's empty affection, and "For The Painfully Alone" essentially describes where Sébastien got his stage name. It's compelling stuff, but also exceedingly bleak and depressing. Consider yourself warned.

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