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Anything remotely influenced by the sound of France (whatever that sounds like), whether it be a sultry French-accented chanteuse, a song with a little muted trumpet or a petite string section sends me wild. Even if its psuedo-French, which is better than no French at all.

April March is certainly a strange lady. A singer-songwriter since the 1980's in bands and as a solo artist, she also moonlighted as the main animator for everyones favourite mid-90's cartoon Ren and Stimpy. When you hear her sweet intonations you can hardly believe that at the same time she was drawing the barf on Stimpy's head flung from Ren's throat and the inside of whale carcasses. Plus she also worked on Archie Comics , animated sequences for Pee-Wee's paedorific Playhouse and composed the theme song to I Am Weasel.

Her music is timeless and stunning French-pop, made stranger by the fact she was born in California and lives in Brooklyn. To make things even stranger, the song 'Chick Habit' features on the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's bizarre new film Grindhouse. Strange enough for you?


MP3: April March - Chick Habit