The musicians of vintage-toned, French
contemporary pop known as the W91 have released their second single,
“Paysage.” The track is the second teaser single to be released
from their upcoming full-length album, “Memories from '900.” Both
nostalgic and timeless, reaching out to people who lived through some
of the most evocative events of the twentieth century, “Paysage”
from the W91 is already climbing music charts worldwide.
The W91 are a European duo,
songwriter/instrumentalist Massimo and lead chanteuse Jacqueline.
Massimo cites as music inspirations such artists as De Andrè,
Leonard Cohen, Dire Straits, J.S Bach, J. Du Prè, and poets Charles
Baudelaire and Walt Whitman.
Music aficionados will liken W91 songs
like “Paysage” to French pop of the 1960s by legends like Astrud
Gilberto, Francoise Hardy, and Serge Gainsbourg. These comparisons
are absolutely justified in terms of instrumentation, lyrical poetry
and an emphasis on striking, arresting vocals. Fans may also hear
similarities between the W91 and modern French groups like Air, and
Phoenix.
Asked to describe the themes of
“Paysage” (“Landscape”
in English) Massimo discusses the larger picture of which “Paysage”
is just a part.
“'Memories from '900' is a collection
of 11 short stories,” he writes of their upcoming W91 album. “These
try to remember and make a point about what happened in the last
century: from World War I through World War II – D-Day, the
Holocaust – to the memories of the last veterans still alive today,
leaving to one of the greatest poets of all time, Charles Baudelaire,
the task of carrying on our hope, both opening and closing the
album.”
This closing is “Paysage.” The
lyrics to “Paysage” are directly from Baudelaire, whose poetry is
often considered the best ever to come from France.
“Paysage” was mastered by Simon
Heyworth and Andy Miles at Superaudiomastering.com (Goldfrapp, Simple
Minds, King Crimson, Mike Oldfield).
The first W91 single, “The Sun Still
Shines,” has been steadily moving up the pop charts from an initial
position of 23,000 to 294 across all digital releases and as high as
147 globally in the pop category alone.
“Paysage” by the W91 is available
online worldwide. Get in early, fans of great music everywhere. Very
early.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
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