Genre/Influences: Cold-wave. Background/Info: La Mécanique is the sonic brainchild of Canadian musician Francis Nothingwater. He…
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave.
Background/Info:
La Mécanique is the sonic
brainchild of Canadian musician Francis Nothingwater. He set up this project in 2016. La Mécanique was
featured on a few samplers and has now released its debut album “Dernier
Voyage”.
Content:
One of the project’s
particularities is that all songs have been sung in French. It’s not that
unusual, but it definitely creates a particular touch. Sound-wise the songs are
driven by good-old cold-wave elements mixing deep bass lines, melancholic
guitar playing and electronic arrangements. A few songs have something catchy.
+ + + :
La Mécanique has found a
comfortable home to release its music. This band totally fits to the Cold
transmission spirit. There’s a perfect balance between guitar and electronics
although the songs remain first of all driven by the dark-resonating guitar
play. The obscure lyrical content creates a perfect twist with the music. I
enjoyed the electronic treatments reinforcing the darkness recovering this
work, but still injecting a mysterious touch.
– – – :
The sound formula is
quite similar for all tracks so in the end this album is maybe missing a little
diversity, but I’m not complaining.
Conclusion:
One of the album’s songs
entitled “Isolation” perfectly stands for the atmosphere hanging over this
work: this music stand as a sonic metaphor for solitude and depression!
Best songs:
“Ballade D’Ennui”,
“Lingchi”, “Blablabla”, “Isolation”, “La Tempête”.
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