Nouvelle Vague proves, on this second album, that their debut collection of bossa nova covers of 1980s MTV hits was not so much a novelty as it was a mission to rescue and reinterpret a cache of great songs. BANDA A PART, from 2006, recreates such classics as Echo and the Bunnymen's "Killing Moon," Bauhaus's "Bela Lugosi's Dead," and Blondie's "Heart of Glass," in a variety of organic styles that show of new facets of songs listeners may have thought they knew by heart.
Sophomore album, following 2004's self-titled release, from French duo who cover 80s new wave and new romantic songs in a loungecore/tropicalia style. Self-consciously arty and ironic - their name references the 60s French "new wave" of cinema and the album is named for the cult film ('Band Of Outsiders') by Jean-Luc Godard - their gimmick has nonetheless made them one of the Peacefrog label's biggest sellers. On this album they tackle classics by the likes of Blondie, New Order, Echo & The Bunnymen and Bauhaus.