Drawing influence from the stylish romanticism of 1980s U.K. sophisti-pop, Le Concorde is the art-pop project of singer/songwriter Stephen Becker. Between a pair of EPs, Le Concorde's full-length debut, Universe and Villa, appeared in 2005 and was followed in 2010 by House. After a hiatus, Becker's third Le Concorde album, 2025's Second Mansions, found him working with a slew of prominent '80s-rooted musicians and producers, including bassist Pino Palladino, guitarist Paul Jackson, Jr., and members of the Fixx, the Posies, and Deacon Blue, among others.
Le Concorde is the se...