Temper

Temper is the second album by Thomas Meluch under his Benoit Pioulard nom de guerre. Assembling various analog sources on basic software at home, Pioulard has honed his craft into a form that suggests something far grander.

Pioulard creates crystalline folk-pop teeming with fragile vocals, acoustic guitars, electronics, and percussion in a hazy style that's more than a little easy to fall in love with. For fans of Dabrye, Postal Service, Dntel, Four Tet, etc. on Kranky.