Les Louanges Crash Bonsound Chérie

Les Louanges, Crash: REVIEW

“Vincent Roberge hones in on what he does best for a follow-up that dials back the youthful exuberance and focuses inward towards safer, smooth studio songcraft.”

Les Louanges, Crash (Bonsound)

Anointed arbiter of 20-something Quebec mid-fi coolness after “La nuit est une panthère,” Lévis’s Vincent Roberge hones in on what he does best for a follow-up that dials back the youthful exuberance and focuses inward towards safer, smooth studio songcraft. Through no fault of his own, there’s been a tidal wave of vaguely yachty, jazzy sonic dilettantes bubbling to the surface in this province, but those beachcombers lack the pure writing chops and long-form vision demonstrated here. Hard to imagine a suite of “Qu’est-ce que tu m’fais” to “Chérie” — full of finesse, knowing references, irresistible lite funk and earned dabbles — coming from another idiosyncratic auteur. 8.5/10 Trial Track: “Chérie”

“Chérie” by Les Louanges, from Crash

This review originally appeared in the February 2022 issue of Cult MTL. 

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