MHUD: Post Parade (ROCK): review / opinion to read on Music Waves

Sometimes Music Waves makes forays into other sonic territories than its historical roots. "Post Parade", MHUD's second album, provides the perfect opportunity to review a musical creation that leans towards new wave/cold wave or more simply into synth pop.

MHUD is initially a solo project led by Matthieu Hubrecht, who however accompanied himself with real musicians to give his project sonic scope and notably its recording. The first two tracks 'Les lumières aveugles' and 'L'instant fragiles' are the most obvious and provide a more than convincing introduction.

The album 'Post Parade' is inventive and presents an unusual combination of French chanson (in the sense of "with enigmatic, enigmatic and even poetic lyrics") combined with 70's/early 80's electronic sounds. For the musical part, this is Depeche Mode that comes to mind for their immoderate love of melodies and hypnotic loops, and also of Pet Shop Boys, whose habit is to tell us stories of everyday life in the second degree. Here, beyond the immediacy of the music, MHUD, like some of its contemporaries, uses sounds that evoke films or books. However, his lyrics are worth reading and pondering and bring a new light on the almost playful side of the music. The majority of the sounds come from synthesizer layers, with guitars (MHUD's first instrument) and even brass towards the end.

This second album differs from the first one, which was more in the post-punk vein, and its creator already says that the next one will be more industrial. Let's hope it will be as inspired and successful as this "Post Parade". - Official website

MHUD

POST PARADE

AUTOPRODUCTION

ROCK