Cocorosie are back with Tales of a Grass Widow; the poppy Parisian-American duo consists of sisters Bianca Coco and Sierra Rosie Cassidy, one a noisemaker, the other a songstress. Overlaying the dulcet feminine vocals with muted electro, the two make oddly catchy music, quirkier than Bjork with a cough.

Tales of a Grass Widow gets off to a slow start with ‘After the Afterlife’, but quickly ascends to great heights with ‘Tears for Animals’. Slow, melodic, intimate, Sierra tells you to "love [her] black and blue". But Cocorosie aren't quite as saccharine as they sound, juxtaposing tinkling xylophones and animal metaphors with the sounds of modern warfare and beats that were ripped straight from a house-heavy set. Even this seems less surprising than the innovative use of a children's toybox which has been thrown in there for extra shenanigans. There's all manner of instruments experminted with, ranging from a harmonica to what sounds like a popping noise produced by a finger in the mouth, on loop. Is there such a thing as too quirky? Because Tales of a Grass Widow certainly borders close to it.

Coco and Rosie seem to exercise a position as the sybils of the church of indie masses. Typically melancholic and ethereal, ‘End of Time’ sounds hymnal (save for the lyrics), whilst ‘Gravediggeress’ embraces the ethos of lethal juxtaposition, teaming Lolita-eque vocals with edgy cutting and editing.

CocoRosie’s sound is more sparky than saccharine, more spooky than sparky. If you're a follower of the "freak folk" genre – circuses, slow electro, and Amanda Palmer – then Tales of a Grass Widow is for you. Available to stream now; catch them at Latitude this summer if you dare.