Ni vieux, ni maître

Description

"AN UNCLASSIFIABLE BAROQUE'N'ROLL FOR 40 YEARS!" Like an ode to eternal youth, the title of the new album by Raoul Petite pays tribute to their 40 years of existence. The band and its cult singer Christian "Carton" Picard offer us 14 tracks that express all their musical influences and experiences without any restrictions or self-censorship. It is an organic album, entirely handmade, without loops or tricks, with guitars and vocals as weapons of massive creation. An opus that can be described as Rock without restraint, with lyrics that are sometimes dark but with a gaze of great accuracy. To approach this album without prejudice, we will only mention a few tracks: Kamikaze Loves; with a Gainsbourgian aura, carried by sensual and refined voices and guitars, speaks of all these addictions that try to fill our wounds. Again and always; directly inspired by the film O'Brother; by the Coen brothers. Of course, existential questions come to disrupt their daily lives like everyone else: Who knows; what tomorrow will bring But their contagious energy quickly resurfaces with generous and groovy riffs and rhythms like on it hurts, Light and carefree, Guru; or Load, load which highlight the shadows of our egocentric society of solitude. We also find with pleasure their dance & funky derision in collaboration with Swedish DJ Läbbat for Christian, King of the void; where despite the infinite emptiness surrounding him, this DJ easily gets us to join the dance floor. Among all these influences, we must not forget childhood, the creative pillar of each artist that we find in Houlegate, a waltz of vacation memories or in Like your parents humorous Pixies-style vision; of the generational struggle, erupted by the vocal duo Kty conasse / Raoul Petite whose chorus is nothing but a scream." Carton, 70 years old, a crazy "entertainer" who has nothing to envy from his American cousin Iggy Pop, nor from the intrepid creatures that populate Tex Avery's cartoons.