Mina Tindle

Since her first album Taranta in 2012, Pauline de Lassus, aka Mina Tindle, has been exploring the same delicate yet complex pop-folk path. She enjoys working with different people depending on the project : "what drives me is the mirror, the dialogue… the surprise of collaboration," says Mina Tindle. These reflections also resonated when she toured with The National, recorded the score to critical success film La Nuit du 12 by Dominik Moll, performed at PEOPLE festival in Berlin and more. After releasing her album SISTER during Covid, she took a step back, painted, wrote, and illustrated children's books. At the end of 2023, she began working on new songs. Lyrics and melodies came naturally to Pauline, who, for the first time, worked in private with her husband, Bryce Dessner. The artisanal chemistry in the studio also helped shape Compass Rosa’s organic structure—recorded in five days at David Chalmin’s place with Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner and the nine instrumentalists of Quattro Zaïde. Here, folk embraces its classical side, echoing deeply authentic works by artists like Adrianne Lenker, Aimee Mann, Aldous Harding, Cat Power (during The Greatest era), or even Elvis Presley. And there’s also a touch of Chico Buarque’s bossa nova… The important thing, Mina Tindle reminds us, is not the destination, but the journey—one that only reveals itself by walking. And by listening—on repeat—to the unforgettable melodies of Compass Rosa.