Amir “C Amir”
In the heart of him. There will be a before and an after. In recent years, the singer has experienced the best and the worst, between the birth of his second son Or, the success of his first play but also the death of his mother and the attacks in Israel on October 7. Marked in his flesh, the 40-year-old artist took the necessary step back, before finding his close collaborators to transform his pain into songs. Over the course of 12 tracks, Amir, more peaceful than ever, goes back to basics on “C amir”, the anagram of his mother’s first name Carmi, refines his melodies, frees his voice, merges his roots and inspirations, and injects a beautiful vulnerability to it all. With touching authenticity and on-point interpretation, the singer evokes the loss of his mother on “Au matin du monde” or “Parle-moi”, his crash and the desire to end it on the intense and heartbreaking ” Acting badly”, before singing in Arabic for his grandmother on the superb “Dans ta tête”, or making passionate declarations to his wife Lital on “Complémentaires”, “Une autre” and “1er slow”. Far from being heavy, “C amir” aims at the heart naturally, and the shadow rubs shoulders with both light and deep love, thanks in particular to titles like “Sommet”, “Peace”, “Ma belle ” or even “Supernova”, evoking the Hamas attack on a music festival. JG
To listen: “Act badly”, “Complementaires”, “In your head” and “Parle-moi”, flawless
To skip: “Encore” and “Sommet”, too frontal and without finesse
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Yseult | “MENTAL”
Rock is not dead. Between her breathtaking performance at the Olympics, the international success of her hit “Alibi” with Pabllo Vittar and Sevdaliza and the title of the most listened to French artist in the world which she stole from Aya Nakamura, Yseult could not imagine a more beautiful showcase for your new project. Not described as an album but “ an artistic orgasm », “MENTAL” is the perfect mirror of its performer: ambitious, dense, complex, exhausting and exciting, it translates all the excess and beauty of the work of this artist of rare talent, who traces her path by dictating her own codes. No vocal ballads in the vein of “Corps” here, but raw rock’n’roll pieces that are stripping, even leaning towards grunge and post-punk! With “Suicide”, “Btich You Could Never” or “Stupid(e)” and its “ fuck you ! » avengers, Yseult puts her uneasiness at the service of an explosive rage. The radical bias will certainly not please everyone, as will the darkness that Yseult injects into his texts. There are, however, behind this proclaimed “Anger”, brilliant rhythmic discoveries, other musical colors and magnificent moments of poetry. Buckle up, the roller coaster begins! YR
To listen: the slap “Suicide”, “MTV” and its fake Cranberries tunes, “Trance”, the super groovy “Tuning”
A zapper : “Gasolina”, a reggaeton track in another vibe
London Grammar | “The Greatest Love”
Phew love. « This is my house, my rules “. Through the still angelic voice of Hannah Reid, London Grammar reclaims its history. This is the mantra at the heart of “The Greatest Love”, the English group’s fourth album, revealed 11 years ago with “Wasting My Young Years”. Since then, a lot of things have changed, and this is felt when listening to this opus which, if it is not the most unforgettable in the trio’s discography, remains no less exciting and above all eclectic. After the forgettable single “House” and its dated jungle spirit, the album “The Greatest Love” subsequently reserves its best moments. If “You & I” and “Ordinary Life” recall the great moments of the past and are undeniably the strongest pieces of the album, they contrast with the softer “Fakest Bitch” and the eponymous “The Greatest Love”, while that the group offers a new foray into electronic lands with “Into Gold”. And three years after the sumptuous “Californian Soil”, London Grammar continues to sing about the decline of the American dream on “LA”, whose intense melody hides within it a bittersweet text. Like that of “Kind of Man”, evoking misogyny and “ the corruption of Hollywood “. Ideal for autumn and long nights, “The Greatest Love” is an album which reveals itself over time and which, without reaching the heights of “If You Wait” or “Californian Soil”, is a new stone added to the career of one of the most exciting and talented groups of their generation. And for that alone, he deserves the greatest love. TB
To listen: “Kind of Man” and “You And I”, the absolute hits of the album, superb “LA” and “Ordinary Life”
A zapper : “House”, totally out of step with the rest
