This is quite unusual, a CD that mixes pop, folk, and even some elements of garage rock, but still manages to sound like something that Jacques Brel would have written.
The Callstore is the artistic vehicle of Simon Bertrand, who was born in Brittany, but has been a London resident for the last fifteen years. 'Save No One' was completely self-written, recorded and produced, which has led to some interesting results – the majority of the drum patterns were apparently programmed on a PlayStation!
As stated there are various elements and styles on this album, from the bleak acoustic guitar and violin on 'The Letting Go', which has lyrics that really bite: - “ You’re right, we’re not the same any longer/ Your chest holds no room for me. You worked hard building this altar/ Now do what you believe needs to be, done to me/ Take it all away. I know this loss is mine to take in/ Now that I have become, this man for whom you feel nothing/ So please, forgive me when I’m holding back on to you.” to the chanson style of 'Come On Then', which to my untrained ears sounds like one of the melodies that could have sprung from the late, great Serge Gainsbourg.
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Here the lyrics are introspective and interesting: -
“ It’s been a long time coming and a long time gone. A string of battles never won/ A few years in heaven and a life in hell, where everybody means everybody well/ And I look at them, I look at thee, and I wonder what’s become of me/ And I look at them, I look at thee and I wonder what’s become of me.”
As well as this, on tracks like 'Thou Shall Be Broken' you have an excellent swirl of psychedelic keyboards and guitars, with an urgent message coming over the top: - “She's not coming, back to you, this time. She's not coming... And the night keeps falling”.
This is an album that improves with repeated listening. Certainly, if you like something a little different, then this could well be the band for you.
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