Juliette Commagère’s name might not ring a lot of bells with you but she fronts the indie/dance/rock outfit Hello Stranger with whom she already opened for the Foo Fighters and in which she spends time with her partner Joachim Cooder. Which makes her the daughter in law of one Ry Cooder. She also helped out on James Maynard Keenan’s solo project Puscifer and sang on a track with Avenged Sevenfold. Whether that last thing is something to be proud of, I’m not sure. Anyway, she is now presenting “Queens Die Proudly”, her very own first solo offering.
On thirteen timeless compositions she effortlessly combines synthpop, ambient and world music that have as much to do with Enya as with Kate Bush. She has a very pleasant voice that can go from whispering to powerful in about two seconds, the exact same thing that can be said of her songs in general. Whether introvert like in “Nature Of Things” or more uptempo as in “Overcome”, Commagère always puts on a great performance that shows she’s influenced by her singer/songwriter brother, her father (producer of classical music) and her father-in-law who also helps out on “Overcome” and “Nature Of Things”.
Score: 7.5 out of 10
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