In commercial terms, Ivy is but a footnote in the career of bassist Adam Schlesinger, who between his duties in Fountains Of Wayne and his work as a prolific songwriter for hire has made far greater claims on the public’s attention. But in a world where diffident cool trumped sugary snark, the trio of Schlesinger, Andy Chase and singer Dominique Durand would have reaped richly deserved rewards. All Hours (Nettwerk), Ivy’s sixth album and its first since 2005, continues the electronic excursions of In The Clear while maintaining the ironclad melodies that anchor early shoulda-been hits like “This Is The Day.” Durand and Chase, who are married with children, will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new Q&A with them.
Durand: Forget that he was the founder of the French New Wave. Nobody understood the world of children better then François Truffaut. Small Change was made in 1976, and it hasn’t aged at all. It is still so fresh because Truffaut was able to show the inner world of children, to show us all the lightness and darkness—all the complexities of what it is to be a child. He must have loved kids and so deeply understood them in order to capture their universe and to show it in such a realistic, naturalistic way. This movie is a homage to each and every child.
Video after the jump.
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