Would you like to share some background on how you came together and how the beginnings look like?Įliot and Matt met each other during the first edition of Rock in the Barn (that we all organize now). It’s another approach and we liked it.Ī band consisting of brothers and childhood friends must have a perfect dynamic. The one which will go directly from the studio into our listeners ears without crossing a stage. We who were progressing thanks to the gigs and lives, who were testing our new songs on stage we had to strike out for the first time into another process of creation. We had tested our first new songs on stage, even the track ‘Thousand Shadows’ has been played exclusively on our KEXP session with Kevin Cole. Then the lockdown brutally sent us back home, forcing us to adapt our work. As a first step, the second one has been composed on roads during the end of the first album tour. We wanted to concretize our EP’s and our first adventures into an one hour album. How would you compare it to your latest albums and what are some key differences?ĭebut album was a kind of summary of what we’ve created since the genesis of the band. We are no stranger to your band as we premiered your 2018 album, ‘Salvation Prayer’. Thousand Shadows Vol.1 by You Said Strange There was just a good balance to strike and we managed it pretty well. It can be a trap because you can get lost into the “creation limbos” by adjusting again and again your work without being satisfied. Taking time to refine our sound and our compositions. To become autonomous with our gear, build a cocoon and stretch our creation on a bigger space of time. After all those European tours and these American adventures the first topic was to find each other, the four of us in our studio and to create our own space. Well first thanks a lot for this observation. You ended 2021 brilliantly with the release of ‘Thousand Shadows Vol.1’. “To become autonomous with our gear, build a cocoon and stretch our creation on a bigger space of time” The fuzz guitars are more abrasive than ever, no longer trying to inspire the quietude of previous albums, but rather to highlight the constant dialogue of the voices and the six strings, as well as the variations present in each track, an indelible trademark of You Said Strange. The most striking aspect of the record is its meticulous production, due to the presence of James Goodwin (producer of the last sumptuous records of This Is The Kit, Kevin Morby and Wand) and the scrupulous work of sound engineer Théophile Durand, amplifying all the precise and conscientious songwriting that the project has never ceased to evolve with its records and its live experiences. The band is composed of brothers Eliot (lead vocals and guitar) and Martin Carrière (bass and vocals) and their childhood buddies Hector Riggi (keyboard and guitar) and Matthieu Vaugelade (drums). You Said Strange | Interview | New Album, ‘Thousand Shadows Vol.1’ This fantastic French quartet, You Said Strange, from Normandy (France) is delivering another slice of their mind melting music with the release of the second album.
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