In the wind of ideasannounces Daniel Bélanger on the first song of his tenth album on which we feel he is particularly free and spontaneous.
Posted at 4:00 p.m.
Bélanger laid the foundations for Mercury in May in a pandemic period where moments of happiness were often unexpected, which inspired his musical creation under the sign of “impromptu”, with arrangements and texts through which we wander with him.
“Beat the pavement / Improvise an itinerary in the universe”, he sings on Sunrise, whose almost grunge bass weaves its way through electro and brass arrangements. On Joy, the trajectory is rather celestial, Bélanger describing quite simply how the sudden feeling of intense happiness crosses a being deep within.
Of course, we find the melodic refinement specific to Daniel Bélanger, his orbiting vocal harmonies and the ability of which he alone has the secret to put us in a state of both contemplation and full consciousness. A kind of “temporary eternity”, to use his words.
In his studio, Daniel Bélanger once again worked alone without a director. It was only at the end that he asked for the contribution of Guillaume Doiron on bass and Robbie Kuster on drums.
If the two extracts already released (Sleep in the car, I hear everything playing in my head) quickly carve out a place in our ears, it is with use that the best of Mercury in May imposes itself with songs with unpredictable detours, including two instrumental ones. Let us quote the fabulous ramblings ofYou have to agreethe groove of hanging from the stars and the beauty of the text ofWith some flowerswhich echoes the war in Ukraine.
One can certainly wonder what Quebec singer-songwriter apart from Daniel Bélanger can count on a discography of 10 albums so rich and in tune with its time.
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Mercury in May
Daniel Belanger
Secret City Records