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Crossing Prior Street

Crossing Prior Street
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The Canadian-born, London-based producer, songwriter and vocalist Chloé Raunet aka C.A.R. releases her third album, ‘Crossing Prior Street’, on Ransom Note Records. Full of bruised-but-ultimately-hopeful electronic art pop, the album tells Chloe’s story of escaping a broken childhood in Vancouver, and finding her way to the lonely streets of East London, at the tender age of 16.

An endorsement of the personal journey, ‘Crossing Prior Street’ is the sound of Raunet reconciling different sides of herself emotionally, artistically and sonically. The sparse production of minimal elements gives the album a direct punch. Booming drum machines, dissonant cold wave, skewed post punk and esoteric pop juxtapose but join in strange and interesting ways. Chloé cites this clash as a defining characteristic of the album, which was equally catalysed by her love of raw machine music and the catharsis of song.

Like the sun breaking through clouds, shining onto a grey rainy day, the album glistens. Although proudly pop, there’s nothing idealistic, fake or saccharine here, as Raunet captures realistic glimpses of beauty found in everyday life, mixed amidst the gloom.

London residing, Franco-Canadian Chloé Raunet has been immersed in the world of post-punk, cold wave and her own brand of off-kilter synth-pop since the days fronting her band Battant. A fan of the weirder edges of electronic music, as well as composing as C.A.R., she also DJs and hosts the monthly 'On The Slip Road' show on NTS Radio.

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C.A.R. - Reveller
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C.A.R. - Sore Loser
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C.A.R. - Pressure Drop
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C.A.R. - Steals The Dance
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C.A.R. - Flight And Pursuit
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C.A.R. - Distraction
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C.A.R. - Slow Burner
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C.A.R. - Drop Out
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C.A.R. - Just Like This
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C.A.R. - Becoming Strangers
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