Following her guest appearance on Shura's recent single "Richardson", Cassandra Jenkins has lent her voice to a reworked version of the Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains song "Le Fil" ("The Thread").

Originally released on the Southern France-based band's eighth album Âge Fleuve, which dropped in January, the new version of "Le Fil" came about during a spontaneous studio session while Jenkins was in Paris last autumn.

As she explains in the accompanying press release:

"We wrote the new lyrics while I was on tour across Europe and explored ideas around what connects us with the people we love when we're far apart. It was such a thrill to feed off of each others' ideas and stitch together lyrics across languages – putting a feeling into words is inherently a translation, and working with French and English gave us that much more to draw from and play with."

The band's François Marry adds:

"Cassandra's velvety voice weaves the missing thread between 'Le Fil' and the English-speaking world. What a privilege to give a second life in English to this romantic escape."

Listen below:

Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains are currently on tour around Europe, and Jenkins returns to the continent later this year. Full list of dates below:

Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains dates:

04/03 Hyères, FR @ Faveurs de Printemps
04/10 London, UK @ Moth Club
04/11 Bristol, UK @ The Lantern
05/15 Toulouse, FR @ Rex
05/17 Bordeaux, FR @ Plages Pop
05/20 Lille, FR @ Aéronef
05/21 Brussels, BE @ Botaniques
05/24 Lyon, FR @ Marché Gare
08/08 Haldern, DE @ Haldern Pop Festival
08/24 Saintes, FR @ Transe Atlantique
11/25 Paris, FR @ Trianon

Cassandra Jenkins dates:

06/25 Barcelona, ESP @ Primavera Sound
06/08 Colchester, UK @ Arts Centre
06/09 Bristol, UK @ Lantern Hall
06/10 London, UK @ KOKO
06/11 Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute
06/13 Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret
08/13 Paredes de Coura, PT @ Paredes de Coura Festival
08/17 Brecon, UK @ Green Man Festival

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