MONTREAL’S LE COULEUR RELEASE NEW ALBUM CONCORDE
VIRTUAL CONCERT TO CELEBRATE LAUNCH
ON SEPTEMBER 17 - PURCHASE TICKETS
WATCH LIVE-AT-HOME VIDEO OF SILHOUETTE
“Le Couleur have never shied away from big glamorous songs, but Concordeshows the band at their most ambitious, both in sound and in storytelling.” – Exclaim!
Toronto, ON – September 11, 2020 – Today, Montréal’s Le Couleur share their new album, Concorde, via Lisbon Lux Records. Following an array of singles, live-at-home performances and pushing through all odds of global changes, Le Couleur take flight with their new release. The band will share their project with fans in a live format, and will deliver a unique, one-time concert on Thursday, September 17 at 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), which will take place exclusively online. By purchasing tickets online, the public will receive a private URL to attend the live show – tickets and info can be found here, with more event details on Facebook. Listen to Concorde here.
Le Couleur’s lead vocalist, Laurence Giroux-Do, says of the album: “Objects, pictures, movies and architecture are big influences. Then the story behind this magnificent plane (Concorde) was so easy to talk about. Actually the object itself as well as the tragedy surrounding it inspire us to talk about more tragic situation: Mental illness, sectarian collective suicide, a friend with drugs issues, etc...It quite a dark album now I describe it! But it's never heavy and depressive since it's no personal situation. These stories aren't to free sourself or anything like this. We thought there were good themes to put sounds and images on.”
A rare Franco-Canadian, Montreal-based band with a solid reputation in countries including The United States, Mexico, France and Brazil, Le Couleur wanted to provide a worldwide fanbase the opportunity to see them on stage in 2020. In the interim, Le Couleur delivered performances from their At-Home series for Silhouette, the first single from Concorde. The track was inspired by Day of the Dead, celebrated by many cultures worldwide, where offerings are made to ancestors, in the hopes of being honoured in return, anchored in memory. The summery, tropical production echoes Le Couleur's love for vintage analogue keyboards. Previous live-at-home videos include those for singles, Femme and Silenzio. You can watch the video for Concorde (directed by Ariel Poupart) here.
About Le Couleur
The Montreal trio, created by Laurence Giroux-Do (vocals), Patrick Gosselin (bass), and Steeven Chouinard (drums), and bolstered live by Philippe Beaudin (percussions) and Francis Do Monte (guitar, keyboards), delivers rich and irresistibly danceable performances. Concorde ushers in a new era for Le Couleur. After POP, an album defined by electronic and synthesized sounds, Concorde gets back to basics, recorded live in the studio, an album with a deliberately vintage sound, recalling the golden age of Serge Gainsbourg, ABBA, and even Fleetwood Mac. The term "electro" is no longer part of their pop sound vocabulary. Here, Le Couleur show a highly refined mastery of French chanson, with rich vocal harmonies, while making room for melancholy, sensual, and sometimes epic instrumental passages.
The distinct disco flavour, a hallmark of their sound from the very beginning, is still ever-present. This often lighthearted and danceable musical world is offset by Concorde's lyrics, which tackle death on every track. Whether it's a macabre fantasy based on the infamous Concorde airplane crash, collective suicide, or the Day of the Dead, singer Laurence Giroux-Do turns the taboo subject into crooning pop hymns, treated with perspective over a fleet-footed beat. Concorde is the place where 70s pop, psychedelic soundscapes, and straightforward and uninhibited French chanson come together.
Stay tuned for more from Le Couleur, and catch their live performance of the new album below.
CONCORDE ALBUM RELEASE CONCERT:
September 17 – Exclusive Livestreamed Performance – Tickets and Info
Buy and Stream Concorde:
Bandcamp | All Digital Platforms
Watch:
Silhouette (At Home)
Désert (Lyric Video)
Silenzio (At Home)
Femme (At Home)
Concorde
DOWNLOAD – Hi Res Press Photo | DOWNLOAD – Hi Res Album Artwork
