Watch: Laure Briard blows away the winter blues with her sun-drenched new single, “Supertrama”

As those of us on the east coast settle in for a long winter, Laure Briard is here to make us dream of warmer climates and sun-drenched open spaces.

The acclaimed French singer is back with “Supertrama,” the second single from her upcoming EP, Eu Voo, due February 19 via Michel Records (North America), Midnight Special Records (EU), and Dinosaur City (Australia/NZ).

Sung in Portuguese and recorded in Brazil with acclaimed garage rockers Boogarins, the track is a breezy blast of warmth, equal parts bossa nova and psychedelic rock.

Briard had the following to say about the track:

“I met [Brazilian musician and composer Giovanni Cidreira] through the Boogarins, who he both collaborates and shares a friendship with. I admire Giovani’s voice, his words, his stories, and the possibility of working with him one day quickly became a reality. Once I’d written the melody of ‘Supertrama’, I took the plunge and asked Giovani if he would write the lyrics with me. He took the melody and wrote lyrics that don’t quite tell a story, but rather feelings, impressions, and memories. Just like the rest of the EP, the arrangements were made in real-time in the studio. Pieuvre Convex was responsible for the final modulation of the track – he’s a king in that area!”

“I was lucky to have Dino, the singer of the Boogarins, suggest songs to me each time. He wrote ‘Passaros’ and his sister ‘Morena na Janela’. My contributions were a mystic text about my favorite goddess Yemanja, goddess of the sea, which I sent to the artist Gabriela from the group My Magical Glowing Lens, and a melody, sent to Giovana Cidreira. These two respective songs, ‘Supertrama’ and ‘Respire’ were first written remotely and the studio end-result was magic. I still worked with Pieuvre and we wrote ‘Não me diz nada’ together. I composed ‘Eu Voo’ alone, a title that we had already recorded on the first EP but didn’t finish because of lack of time.”

Check out the video for “Supertrama” below, along with the title track from Eu Voo, out on February 19.