FIRE

Description

For over a decade, the city of Douarnenez has seen an uninterrupted flow of bands emerge, all championing a certain vision of Rock'n'roll – a generous, uncompromising, and at times rebellious approach. It is from this school that the musicians of The Red Goes Black hail. The band aims to blend the flamboyance of 60s and 70s rock roots with shades of blues and soul nuances. They do this with sincerity, without artifice, yet never settling for simplicity, always striving for the essential. This brilliant alchemy was perfectly executed on their first album, "I Quit You Dead City," in 2015, and is now transcended on the aptly named "Fire," a grand blaze that defies any quick labeling. Here, a nomadic blues with sun-drenched reverbs; there, lead guitars setting the tempo for a heavy-psychedelic charge; elsewhere, modern forays into Ethio-Jazz, Memphis Soul, sixties Garage, or Bayou Funk. It's simple: the quintet has so many (six) strings to its bow that it can effortlessly banish any monotony or conformity from this infinitely, powerfully Rock'n'roll arsenal, which is already resonating far beyond the shores of Brittany. The 11 gems on this new album were meticulously recorded "at home," at Studio du Millet, with distinguished guests (Lisa Kekaula of The BellRays and Lady Wray), before being entrusted to a sound prodigy, Californian producer Ryan Gilligan. This protégé of Michael Brauer, his mentor, achieved the feat of giving this album a sound that is both classic and modern. "FIRE" is available in digipak CD and on vinyl (180g pressing) including a CD version.