Talkie Walkie, Air, Music CD
The French are a contrary lot. And Air haven't exactly made it easy on fans as of late. The Prozac melodies of their classic debut, Moon Safari , yielded to the hangover hell of 10,000 Hz Legend and a well-intentioned but impenetrable score to an audio book in Italian. The good news is that, with Talkie Walkie, Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel aren't mad at us anymore. Without rehashing the billowy tunes of their debut, the pair deliver the direct melodies, retro textures, and precision arrangements...
