Alice - L'oiseau Magnifique [LP]

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: BJR91LP
Barcode: 7640159731917
Release Date: 31 Mar 2023
Genre: International

Armed with a thrift-store synth, bizarre wit and arresting vocals, the intergenerational, all-female micro-choir Alice release their second album L’Oiseau magnifique. Hailing from Geneva, Alice’s music subverts French and Occitan folk music to create a playful and poignant blend of intricate harmony and storytelling lyricism – a unique sound that is deep yet deceptively minimal.

Formed in 2018, Alice is the brainchild of artists Lisa Harder, Yvonne Harder, and Sarah André. Alice combines art-pop, folk song vocals and synth experiments to create a unique sound of their own that is captured on their mammoth 23 track album, L’Oiseau Magnifique (The magnificent bird). The group draws on their experience of intuitive singing at home and with friends and family, as well as Yvonne and Lisa’s history of performance in choirs and Sarah’s storytelling career as an author of graphic novels. With mother and daughter Yvonne and Lisa playing the keyboard in unison and all three of them singing along with intuitively harmonised words, Alice’s music produces a choral polyphony from just three voices, while sharp lyrics reflect on universal emotions and the poignant moments of their everyday lives alike.

TRACKLISTING
1 Que coule l'eau
2 Triste et tout seul
3 Un oiseau magnifique
4 Nous marchons
5 Pense à moi
6 Pas très sûr
7 Tout ce boulot
8 Petit et gris
9 Jesus Christ
10 Le caillou
11 Petit Elfe
12 Les oiseaux
13 Du fil à recoudre
14 Sur la lune
15 Deux mille trains
16 Le bébé
17 La décapotable
18 Les bonnes voitures
19 La santé
20 Le clown
21 La voiture
22 La fête nulle
23 Rires

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