CON COMME LA LUNE (vinyl)

Description

The brass notes of this opus are an ode to friendship, celebration, simplicity and joie de vivre. In these melodies, one can clearly recognize their attachment to their southern roots, which make them, and their neighbor Tibz, “Bons vivants.” While being stripped-down and light, you find yourself nodding along to the sound of the electric guitars and dreaming of festivities when the brass takes over. This newborn child of the post-Covid baby boom promises wild concerts, here or elsewhere, where, we hope, we will be able to dance, headbang and celebrate life. Simply. It’s as silly as the moon. !From the songwriting to the recording sessions, simplicity was the guiding principle in order to keep the line of conduct that makes the band one of the most vibrant live acts around today. Forget the formulas while bringing out new ingredients, let yourself be carried by an unprecedented mix of styles, but always in service of the message — that is how this album was approached. One of the most important points is the universality of the point of view. As always with Le trottoir d'en face, this album will not denounce; it will take you gently on a journey and tell simple stories, without violence, offering everyone the chance to form their own view of things. Ballads that shelter the harshest themes and words, furious tracks that can spit out the most beautiful words of love, different moods at the same time, songs that take hold of subjects, serious for one, burning for another. But it is under the guise of catchy melodies that the two brothers Benoit and Cyril Crabos and Le trottoir d'en face unfurl their silky carpet assembled from cobblestones. Melt words into music without preaching... In nearly 400 dates, the band has already had the chance to share the stage with: la Rue Ketanou, Les Ogres de Barback, Sinsemillia, Babylon Circus, De Palmas, Manu Chao, Alexis HK, Les Croquants, Michel Fugain, Jacques Higelin, Mouss et Hakim, Didier Super, ... and many others! A clean, polished aesthetic, a blend of folk, rock and western, made of steel and flesh. With the rock sensibility of Noir Désir, the family spirit of Les Ogres de Barback, the wit of Sanseverino, the stage presence of Shaka Ponk, the knack of Bénabar, the humor of la Rue Ketanou.