Mélanie Pain

Closely associated with Nouvelle Vague and Villeneuve, Mélanie Pain is a French singer who made her solo album debut in 2009 with My Name. Hailing from Aix-en-Provence, France, she cites influences that include Sonic Youth, the Smiths, Pixies, PJ Harvey, and Nick Drake. She first made a name for herself as a vocalist on the M83 album Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (2003), singing on the songs "Run Into Flowers," "0078h," and "Beauties Can Die." The following year she was featured on Nouvelle Vague (2004), the eponymous album debut by the '80s revival group led by Marc Col...