Nous Voyagerons Dans La Nuit [CD]

With « Nous voyagerons dans la nuit », Samuel Lequette completes a trilogy where refined pop and poetry merge to create a universe both intimate and political. The album is a nocturnal drift through contemporary fragility, a love story haunted by disillusioned couples determined to keep living.For this twilight journey, Hyperrêve reunites with Bill Pritchard - the British singer-songwriter who has collaborated with Étienne Daho and Daniel Darc, and was already at his side on the mini-album « Delphine » - alongside Scott Ralph (Robbie Williams, Franz Ferdinand). Recorded in Manchester, the record cultivates an Anglo-Saxon classicism: warm brass, airy arrangements, catchy melodies imbued with wistful sweetness.A luminous presence: Laure Calamy lends her radiant and intense voice to two tracks, including the finale. The actress from « Call My Agent! » dialogues with Samuel Lequette like a loving echo, a spectral and benevolent presence. Pritchard also sings with him on two bilingual duets (« Qui fait partie de nos réseaux », « Bleu »), weaving a fragile thread between French chanson and British elegance.With « Nous voyagerons dans la nuit », Hyperrêve stands within a demanding and soulful French tradition, somewhere between Dominique A's poetry, the restrained melancholy of Tindersticks and Mark Hollis, and the pop elegance of Étienne Daho or Daniel Darc.