I maintain they’re masters of this technique, though from memory I can recall metal message boards being vehemently opposed to the change in style from Amesoeurs. But I don’t want to float anymore, I want to sink under the weight of noise.īack to Alcest. It’s not that surprising either – the appeal of shoegaze was always the ‘beautiful noise’ and the ‘search’ for a delicate melody under waves of distortion. Yet here I am today, talking about Alcest while listening to Møl and I KNOW I would not have been able to appreciate the latter 5 years earlier (so it’s convenient that they only came into existence 4 years ago…) when I was more into the sweetness and light, and not yet ready for the acid and lead. It’s nothing new – I’ve been loyal to HANL and Jesu for a while – BUT metal and scream vocals were a different beast. I’m really getting into music with more WEIGHT. I’ve been vibing more ‘heavy’ these past few months, and dreampop isn’t doing it for me (shoegaze is fine, as always). I wonder if it’s because Alcest and I have walked a similar evolutionary path, and while Souvenirs and Ecailles are what spoke to me back in 2010, it’s Voyages and Kodama that resonate with me today. Sure, I’d listened to Les Voyages de l’Ame, Shelter, Kodama, Spiritual Instinct and Le Secret several times over shortly after their release, but never with the same presence I reserved for the first two releases. This is a reality that I only accepted recently when I moved on from Souvenirs d’un Autre Monde and Ecailles de Lune – the two albums I know by heart – and decided to more mindfully listen to the four albums and one EP that they released after. That said, let’s talk about Alcest, who REALLY haven’t made a bad album in the decade+ that I’ve been following them. I still love the bands, I’ll still go see them if the opportunity presents itself, and I still want them to do well. Best let the ones who like it like it and keep my subjectivity to myself. There is way too much music available and accessible to spend time on putting down someone’s work. I never finished those posts, because I’m no longer a subscriber to the opinion that critics need to criticise. I started a lot of posts about bands who I once felt were incapable of making a flawless album, who have then gone on to do it anyway.

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