French duo Agar Agar emerge with ‘Prettiest Virgin’ an exquisite, sultry slice of melancholic late night disco pop. “Come on dance with me/Give me a wink if you want me to faint/And I know you want me,” sighs Clara in a mournful yet come hither tone that encapsulates the push and pull of unrequited dance-floor seduction that’s underscored with disappointment.
Her Parisian pop tone, laced with the ghosts of Grace Jones and Lana Del Rey is sensual yet bittersweet casting a wistful sigh to the heartbroken come down later on. Her accomplice Armand meanwhile lays down a precise minimal rhythm that’s laced with layers of instrumentation, wonderfully rippling keyboard motifs, twitching samples that dance across each 1980s flecked house disco beats. It’s an intoxicating cut.
‘Prettiest Virgin’ is the first track from their EP scheduled for September 2016.
