First of all, let it be known that I don’t speak french. So, for all I know, Dominique Ané (known as “Dominique A”) could be singing about almost anything — but, I don’t care! The music speaks for itself — as cheesy as that sounds. My iTunes has been playing the album L’Horizon non-stop since I bought it. It ticks all my boxes. Moody? Check. Dark? Check. Possible soundtrack to your imaginary life as a tortured artistic genius living in a Parisian garret? Check.

If someone translates my favorite tracks like ‘Antaimoro’ and ‘Rouvrir’, and it turns out he’s singing about sunshine and rainbows, I’m going to be seriously annoyed. In fact, I don’t want to know. Ignorance is bliss!