Beck News: Charlotte Gainsbourg & Beck Do Morning Becomes Eclectic

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In last weekend's excellent NY Times profile, Charlotte told the Grey Lady "I was trying desperately to write a couple of lines, and in a few minutes [Beck] had a whole song. I suggested some of the song titles, wrote a line or two here and there. But really, Beck did everything." She's speaking of course about IRM, the dusky and engrossing song-cycle Hansen composed for Gainsbourg, out this week on Because Records. Despite it being Beck's creation on paper it belongs to both in sound, Charlotte's vocal imprinting each melody with laconic/sultry/'60s cool, inhabiting each character like...