High five

Description

From evolutions to convolutions, from wanderings to inner journeys, it took five long years to find a Luis Francesco Arena emerging from the shadow of a deliberate hiatus. Luis Francesco Arena is the project of a man from Charente: Pierre-Louis François, a sensitive composer and elegant songwriter who shares with his mentors Ken Stringfellow and Troy Von Balthazar a taste for unbridled power-pop and high-class folk, as well as for long-winded names. We had left Luis Francesco Arena amid the ashes of the very classy Stars and Stones, released in 2013 (Vicious Circle), which charted a path of baroque pop, always halfway between intimate moments and great luminous flights. Yet after five albums, curtain call, the end, finished-goodnight. Armed with open and luminous tracks, this comeback from Luis Francesco Arena ultimately doesn't feel like an outdated suit, but rather a resurrection that opens new perspectives for a character back in business. High Five is the concrete proof, a happy and assuredly well-measured surprise to endure over time.