The Gentle Spring is Michael Hiscock’s new band. He once formed The Field Mice and in my world, that is a recommendation even more than 30 years after that band ceased to exist. Michael now lives in Paris and in The Gentle Spring he plays really nice, slightly more introverted music (he has aged 30 years too), joined by some locals. On Severed Hearts, one of them, Emilie Guillaumot, sings, just like Anne Mari sung on some Field Mice songs. Her French accent is subtle but noticeable, and that is actually what makes this my favourite song of theirs.