French Touch vet Sébastien Tellier has announced Kiss the Beast, his seventh album and first in five years, which will be out January 30 via Because Music. The album features contributions from Nile Rodgers, Kid Cudi, SebastiAn, Slayyyter, and more.
The album includes his recent single “Refresh” and he’s just shared “Naïf de Coeur,” a dreamy slow jam that owes equally to Miami Vice and Pure Moods. “This song depicts the reality of a man today, a new definition of the alpha male. If a man, beneath his beard, is tender and dreamy, and if he suffers, then the world is not so dark,” Tellier says. “Over the sound of saxophone solos, I picture him strolling through Miami, bathed in beautiful lights… We added 10cc-style choirs: recorded by real singers, then transformed until they give the illusion of hundreds of voices, clear and radiant.”
The video, directed by Melchior Leroux, doubles down on the song’s vibes and you can watch below.
Kiss The Beast
1. Kiss the Beast
2. Naïf de Coeur
3. Refresh
4. Mouton
5. Thrill of the Night (feat. Slayyyter & Nile Rodgers)
6. Romantic
7. Parfum Diamant
8. Copycat
9. Animale
10. Amnesia (feat. Kid Cudi)
11. Loup
12. Un Dimanche en Famille