L'Autre Bout du monde

L'Autre Bout du monde, released in 2006 by Emily Loizeau, is a piano-centered singer-songwriter record that blends folk, indie and pop sensibilities with French-language, literary songwriting. The arrangements move between sparse piano-and-guitar settings and fuller band textures, and Loizeau's clear, expressive vocals and theatrical phrasing give the songs a warm, melancholic intimacy with moments of brightness.