A propos de fantômes

Description

Pioneer of the French synthwave revealed by "Les otaries" and "Lente dépression," Arne Vinzon is back for a fifth album and summons the ghosts of the past who, from the depths of the mines to the flowery shores, joyfully drag their chains. Boo! Here the ghosts act as compasses frozen in time, like soft cuddly toys draped in a slightly faded white.
That of Paul Verlaine who, from the Batignolles cemetery, must be wriggling to an unexpected and rhythmic cover of his poem "Charleroi." Or that of "Jeremiah Johnson," the solitary hero of the film by Sydney Pollack played by Robert Redford, in the eponymous song that opens the album to set the mood. To save them, À propos de fantômes sounds like an optimistic incantation that transcends time, an invitation to travel through emotions, precious memories, and well-hidden secrets, almost revealed.
At a time when our world is on fire, bloodied, and overwhelmed, old ghosts resurface, Arne Vinzon plays Ghostbusters made in Leos Carax. Better yet, he does not chase them away but welcomes them with open arms, a dandy swaying who, with this latest album, marks a new beat against his time.