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I am still convinced that Poni Hoax’s self-titled album from 2006 was one of the most cruelly ignored releases of that year. Single “Budapest” remains one of this decade’s very best songs. Ever since, I’ve been eagerly awaiting this new disc, Images of Sigrid, especially after hearing single “Antibodies” a few months ago: it’s coiled with the same dark, bewitching energy that propelled their earlier stuff forward. What’s more, I’ve been counting on this French quintet to bring a properly Gallic sense of irony and swagger to a disco scene that has, in my opinion, become far too canonical of...