What to listen to through all the new music? Stéphane Plante and Mélissa Pelletier from QUB musique point out 5 essentials!
Officially, this new album is that of Redcar formerly known as Christine and the Queens. In addition to the name change, Redcar now defines himself as a man. After these usual presentations, let’s move on to the album. It’s off to a flying start with a bass and a groovy drum set on My beloved daughter Bye Bye. We would have liked that to set the tone for the whole thing, but we quickly pour into a more formatted pop. wing memory almost reminds us of the Celine Dion of the 80s, while The stars sounds like France Gall exalted on synths. One of the major strengths of Redcar the adorable stars lies in the theatrical evocative power of the voice. His high-pitched incantations, the originality of his cry, enhance tunes sometimes based on somewhat conventional arrangements. Angelus, for example, would have deserved a few revamping sessions before appearing on the album. Nevertheless, How long, with its haunting effective bass riff spread over 8 minutes, shows all the versatility of Redcar. (Stephane Plante)
The cross winds – Alan Cote ****
These cross winds the Gaspé verb of wide open spaces blows loudly. Alan Côté knows how to alternate between poetic grandiloquence and simpler turns to tell about the people he loves. Served on a folk-country where the reverberation of the guitars compete with the tunes of the violin, the 12 tracks make you want to reconnect with this pleasure of yesteryear: listening to an album while reading the lyrics. Especially for passages like “the vocal cords like moorings to the quay of the heart which still sings.” (Stephane Plante)
After evil hearts of Abelaïd, the artist persists and signs – with his own name apart from that – the musical path of his career. And To kill time, he kills him. He even eviscerates the hours and relationships that have hurt him, indulging in refreshing vulnerability on electro sounds. The voice, uninhibited, runs through the beautiful and dark melodies in total abandon: at times relaxed, with a touch of decay, often painfully scratchy… We can hang our ears on formulas that are a little easy, which we forgive quickly to an Adib Alkhalidey that we like to discover from another angle. (Melissa Pelletier)
Sometimes you have to dive into yourself to bring out the best. Marie-Ève Laure has come a long way – you will forgive me for the easy pun. We feel, or rather we hear, Laure’s journey, which gives way to intense, honest and intimate pieces on this second opus. Romantic relationships, hard torments, self-discovery… The artist combines pop, folk and country to create her own sound, sometimes uneven, but tinged with the beauty of her adopted Magdalen Islands. Special mention to the catchy Before leaving and poignant The yellow of my bedroom wall. (Melissa Pelletier)
Day to Night – Black Sun ***1/2
With its samplings and certain beats which remind us of the beautiful years of IAM, this French rap collective, self-designating as the “four horsemen of the hip-hopcalipse”, throws us a salvo of carabineer alliterations. Maestros of shocking style figures, they tell us “A Twitter swallow can make the Arab Spring” to describe their seasonal spleen. Strangely, the flow is sometimes tinged with quavers (especially in Four Seasons) that we guess voluntary, but which still denote a funny effect. (Stephane Plante)
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