Dolche - Exotic Diorama

Dolche

Exotic Diorama

7/10

By Decibel Report - Oct 24, 2020

By adding an incongruous H to the Italian word for sweet, Christine Herin aka Dolche clearly likes to exhibit a high degree of theatrically to stand apart from the crowd. Smart and thrilling in parts, this is a collection of songs that challenges if not seduces the listener into its exotic panoply of musical flavours.

Inventive nuances insinuate throughout as Dolche takes on challenging topics from abusive relationships in Sunday Mood, lockdown moments on Roma and tender ballads Criminal Love and Canzone d’Amore. There’s also a disquieting take on Talking Heads’ Psycho Killer.

Exotic Diorama is exactly what this is: a model adventure of imaginative self-expression in a personal universe with an unconventional allure.