Lost and found

Alternative Alternative, Indie Rock

19,16 €

In stock

Label

Allo Floride

Release date

January 26, 2024

Pressing

Original

Conditions

New

Vinyl

Color
White

This album presents the softer side of Isaac Delusion, albeit with their dazzling pop only superficially appeased, and their lyrics’ profundity never undercut by the simplicity of their melodies. At the album’s anxious heart is a frustration which is also the songs’ driving force. "Dancing on your own on the way back home / You lost your dreams somewhere, somehow": these few lines from the album’s title song describe fleeting moments of magic in the everyday urban grind. But they constitute an invitation to realize one's potential, to follow the prompt of HVN, by first salvaging a little self-esteem. If ever such efforts go awry, you have to find someone who’ll catch you whenever you fall - be that a lover, as in Que pour toi, or a friend, in All day, performed with Olivia Merilahti, former singer with The Dø. Together, these two nightowls wonder how to reconcile a family life with that of a dopamine-addicted artist. Elsewhere, the songwriter questions the immateriality of love, emotions, and relationships (Internet), and finds nothing more authentic than his relationship with his seven-year-old son (50/50). But another part of that story sees a parent suffering as they watch that child take flight as adulthood beckons (Let Her Go). The album closes with the collective Everyone Is Dreaming, performed with Loïc’s partner on backing vocals and his neighbor on clarinet.

To explore new ground, on this album the band turned for the first time to outside musicians and producers, most notably LUCASV, architect of popular French hip hop artist Disiz's latest album, at just 24 years old. “It's been interesting to work with this young generation of musicians, who are all very mature for their age,” says Loïc. “Seeing how they work opens you up to new perspectives. They’re incredibly good with technology. There’s nothing they can’t do.” From the band BLOW, the musician and arranger Jean-Etienne Maillard also contributed to the album. Isaac Delusion's other founding member, Jules Pacotte, also co-wrote two songs with Loïc. "We’ve been friends since middle school," he explains. They recorded their first hit, Midnight Sun, in his attic in Vincennes. Finally, the mixing of the album was assigned to another long-time collaborator, sound engineer Perceval Carré (Parcels, L'Impératrice), who has worked with them since their very first concerts.

Writing and recording in close collaboration with other artists also brought out other changes in the singer: new vocal tessitura. He no longer restricts himself to that angelic, high-pitched voice deployed with such ease on sprightly ritornellos reminiscent of Kings of Convenience. On Internet, he croons. On Valse, he ventures into Prince-ly soul. Then reveals his natural voice on the outro Everyone is Dreaming, a ballad worthy of Lou Reed. "I tend to sing with a high-pitched ‘head’ voice, or even in falsetto like Thom Yorke, Sigur Rós or Jeff Buckley, even though that's not my natural register," he reveals. “Performing live, I need to do some serious vocal gymnastics to hit the high notes! My voice is actually pitched much lower. So when I drop down there, people think it's not actually me singing.” (laughs) It’s through such risk-taking that this album produces its greatest surprises. The precious object: lost and found.

A1. Let her go
A2. Internet
A3. 50 50
A4. Premonitions
A5. Lost and found

B1. All Day ft Olivia Merilahti
B2. HVN
B3. Que pour toi
B4. Valse
B5. Everyone os dreaming