Kim Novak may hail from France but they deliver the same style of intelligent intensity that acts like Editors or British Sea Power have made their own. The band are aptly named as there is a cinematic feel to their album and ‘In The Mirror’ features an overt nod to The Velvets and Nico and ‘If’ has darkness that Interpol would be proud to call their own. You can draw from this the spirit the band are trying to capture and it’s good, yet maybe not, dazzlingly exciting. Strong handclaps, plenty of dark guitars and a sense of classic ensures that Kim Novak will find themselves in the running to be one of the indie world’s second level players this year; whether they can break from their similar peers is another manner.
