WE HAD NO MODEL

Description

Prophet Mountains, a guitar-synth/drums duo with Philippe Monthaye and Florence Villeminot. The list of their combined musical influences looks something like this: Philip Glass, Moondog, Laurie Anderson, Robert Wyatt, The Kinks, The Boo Radleys, Violent Femmes, Nick Cave, Funkadelic, My Bloody Valentine, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Barbara Lewis… We Had No Model, the album title, is more than a slogan; it’s a rallying cry for the uprooted of life, who are searching for their place in the shifting chaos that is the world, fueled by a sad and salvational anger. Without a model, without knowing where we are going, uncertainty is liberating rather than a source of despair. That's why this album, recorded without electric guitar or drum machine, is brighter and warmer than their first EP, which was dark, menacing, metallic. Produced with: Olivier Marguerit, Victor Le Masne, Judah Warsky, and Marielle Martin.