Carla Bruni is releasing her brand new album this autumn. It has been seven years since the singer released an album of new songs. A self-titled album, like an absolute signature. Always sensitive, sometimes raw, the subtle melodies of the 13 tracks that make it up – 14 on vinyl and 17 on its collector's edition – assert a temperament, avoiding ostentation. It often attests to a desire for serene simplicity, without pretense or arrogance.
Guitar, piano, a few foot taps, and melodic fragments as the foundations for most of the tracks, recorded behind closed doors with Albin de la Simone who produced the entire album. For his very first collaboration with Carla Bruni, the multi-instrumentalist musician – one of the finest on the French scene for twenty years – was keen to dress and stage her new songs, which came like so many little miracles. Mainly written in French, the album includes one song in English and another in Italian, a duet performed with actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, the singer's sister. The compositions are by Carla Bruni, Michel Amsellem, Jeremy Reynolds, and Calogero. Listening to this new 'Carpe Diem' manifesto, one can only grasp the present a little more. And that's ultimately what disarms in Carla Bruni's songs: the simplicity of their intimacy. Free, friendly, and loving, therefore essential.
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