Christine & The Queens - Chaleur Humaine 09/30/2025 JC Riki's songcraft is simultaneously direct

Riki's songcraft is simultaneously direct and oblique

Over 40 years have passed since Canadian prog-rockers Saga released their breakout self-titled debut album in 1978

picking up lessons from a decade prior is the strange route Cloud Nothings took to create their most fully-realized album

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and we are glad to be able to include these key songs from those early years

Christine & The Queens - Chaleur Humaine 09/30/2025 JC Riki's songcraft is simultaneously directVinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. A huge star in her native France, Christine and the Queens partially rerecorded her radiant debut album in English. The language shift has diluted nothing from the LP's allure. "Titled" and "iT" are the knockout singles, "Jonathan" and "Paradis Perdus" are luscious torch songs, and "Here" provides a multi lingual climax.