Nostalgie A La Cool

Nostalgie A La Cool trades in French pop that's aged well. The register sits between France Gall and Michel Berger on one side and Étienne Daho on the other, with the occasional Gainsbourg curveball when nobody's looking. It's variété française without the irony tax. Don't expect crate-digger obscurities. Expect the songs you half-remember from a car radio in 1987, and expect to hum them all afternoon. That's the appeal. The presentation stays relaxed rather than hyped, which suits the material. No shouting, no breathless countdowns, just a steady hand while the decades blur together. When it…