If anyone deserves to sing a song called “La mélancolie”, it's this rugged crooner from France's Brittany region. With his 1995 debut, Christophe Miossec established himself as a uniquely captivating performer whose brooding intensity was accentuated by shimmering, acoustic-based arrangements. While he has since indulged in more dramatic rock gestures, his persona has only become more deeply entrenched. Miossec inhabits a world where it's always 3 a.m., cigarette smoke hangs thick in the air and eyelids sag from the unshakable weight of regret.