He had many assets, this Yoan Garneau of Ferme-Neuve whom Quebec acclaimed The voice in 2014: good face, good voice, good niche. He proved that it was possible, right in his boots: a new country singer had been preferred to strong ones. Unanimous slap: acclaimed first album, Bell Center filled. Refreshing exception or promised career? The question of duration quickly arose. Almost a decade later, his third album, for which we pulled out all the stops, to the point of securing a prestigious collaboration – Randy Bachman, living legend! — answers in one word: generic. Canadian country playing Nashville, even if it is with the right timbre, decent guitars and flawless production, it doesn’t overlap far: the songs, written and composed for the most part by Yoan, align the commonplaces of the genre without ever transcending them. Word without verve, refrains not unpleasant, but without sap: it never lifts. What to get to the next Lasso? But yes.
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