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"Based on a well-exploited concept, Lunear has the elegance to raise the musical debate beyond simple pop, for an accessible and very sympathetic album that goes back to the progressive rock of the origins."
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It's about a guy who can't die. For their second album after their acclaimed "Many Miles Away", the French trio Lunear launch with "Curve. Axis. Symmetry" in a rather classic concept. But just like their music, which is kindly pop but evolves intelligently, the band had the good taste to push the idea beyond a simple remake of "Highlander". The hero of the story survives, after having experienced everything (even suicide), beyond the last human being, after the last living being on earth, and even after the destruction of the earth by the sun transformed into a nova, and finds himself condemned to wander in the void waiting for the rebirth of the universe to find a new world... and new people?
A trajectory that tirelessly brings us back to the starting point, in a diagram reminiscent of the symbol of infinity, a curve called lemniscate in mathematics, hence the title of the track that opens the album. To translate this theory into music, the three musicians develop pop harmonies, like the single 'Same Player'. Shoot Again' (the point is important!) with a chorus of formidable efficiency. All the merit of the album lies in the cleverness with which Lunear makes the simple themes derive by enriching them with choruses ('Earth Population 1', 'From its Sky'), and above all with unstoppable melodic arrows that nail the listener ('Earth's End', among others). These guys string together melodic finds, with meticulousness and passion, and don't fail to dress them up with classic scents that will speak to all fans of original prog, especially Genesis : The melancholic end of 'First Death' and its banksien piano is reminiscent of 'Me and Sarah Jane', 'A Passage of Time' is a splendour inspired by 'Entangled', 'Earth's End' is reminiscent of 'Trespass', and there are even some very relevant guitar interventions reminiscent of Steve Hackett ('From its Sky').
With a clean production, often using vintage sounds and a flawless but unabashed interpretation (special mention to the singing of Paul J. No, who in a surprising androgynous register shows a beautiful sensitivity), the journey goes smoothly and without dead time to the conclusion that takes us back to the beginning. "Curve. Axis. Symmetry" is an immediately accessible and eminently sympathetic album, almost addictive. Lunear managed to find the right balance between catchy melodies and welcome evolutions, a bit like the Alan Parsons Project of the good years. In a way, the journey proposed by this album is not so far from "Pyramid": there are worse references! - Official website
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TRACK LISTING:
01. Lemniscate
02. First Death
03. Same Player. Shoot Again.
04. Nothing Left to Do
05. A Passage of Time
06. The Rise and Fall of Earth
07. Earth's Population: 1
08. Earth's End
09. Adrift
10. From Its Sky
11. Forever
12. First Death (epilogue)
LINEUP:
Jean Philippe Benadjer: Chant / Guitares / Basse
Paul J.no: Chant / Claviers
Sébastien Bournier: Chant / Batterie
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READERS
4.3/5 (3 view(s))
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STAFF:
4/5 (5 view(s))
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