From Canada with love, je vous présente Family of the Year : groupe peu connu mais ensoleillé comme leur Californie natale (surtout Chugjug du Through the Trees EP, the song I can’t stop listening to… et donc fortement conseillée en introduction). Répertoire complet à découvrir sur familyoftheyear.net où vous pouvez également choisir le prix du full-length, Songbook.
Chugjug - Through the Trees EP
(A lire aussi, la chronique d’Erwan, dans le mur du son)
J’aime aussi beaucoup l’usage des voix multiples pour des ambiances quasi-chorales (voire la transition à 1:13 – brilliant !) C’est pourquoi j’ajouterai quelques équivalents canadiens : premièrement Library Voices de Regina, Saskatchewan. Think The New Pornographers mais en plus rugueux, brut et honnête… plus folk, quoi.
Enfin, il y a The Choir Practice, collectif vancouverien de 14 membres (parmi lequel se trouve Kurt Dahle… des New Pornographers…) Check out this sweet cover of Failsafe, à vous donner des frissons !
From Canada with love, allow me to introduce you to Family of the Year: relatively unknown but sure to please with sunny songs that recall their home state of California. Listen to Chugjug first, the song I can’t stop listening to from the Through the Trees EP.
Then go listen to everything they’ve ever done on familyoftheyear.net, where you can also name your price for the band’s full-length, entitled Songbook.
I just love their use of layered vocals to create a gorgeous choral ambiance, especially at the 1:13 transition – brilliant! Those voices meld beautifully. Speaking of which, I should probably add some Canadian equivalents: check out Library Voices from Regina, Saskatchewan. They’re like the New Pornographers, but a bit rougher around the edges & more folksy.
Then there’s The Choir Practice, a 14-member collective from Vancouver (including Kurt Dahle of the very same New Pornographers! Imagine that!) Check out this sweet cover of Failsafe, it will send shivers down your spine!
