Ça Va

Ça Va (/sɑː vɑː/; French for "okay", literally "that goes") is a studio album by German/British avant-pop trio Slapp Happy, featuring Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad and Dagmar Krause.

[1] Blegvad said Geoff Travis of Rough Trade Records had been trying to pursued Slapp Happy to reform.

Unlike the trio's previous albums, which were recorded with backing groups Faust and Henry Cow, on Ça Va they played all the instruments themselves, and used a digital studio to produce a layered sound on many of the tracks.

[1] In a review at AllMusic, Dave Lynch wrote that in contrast to Slapp Happy's 1970s "twisted" British folk-pop, avant cabaret and art rock (with Henry Cow), on Ça Va they play "a more commercial blend of pop music sounds".

[2] He remarked that while the songs are not quite the "eccentric" Moore/Blegvad compositions from their earlier work, and Blegvad and Moore are not collaborating as much as they used to, "the way they play together makes this a 'real' Slapp Happy record".