LovataraxxSophomore
DATA
Label
Cold Transmission Music
Format
CD/LP/Tape/Digital
Release Date
April 5, 2024
Territory
Europe
TRACKLISTING
01. Heidi Montauk
02. Traumen
03. Harmony Boast
04. Earl Condition
05. Tilda Vaast
06. Millepertuis
07. Zerrissen
08. Marybone
09. Bruxism (Fire)
10. Mare
ABOUT THE RELEASE
The bones of the Sophomore album have been mostly molded in the attic of the band Lovataraxx and then recorded, scored and produced in another attic : the Tropicalax Studio in Saint-Étienne. This album raises some combustible questions : What sort of futur do we want for the new generations ? How to pursue an open dialogue with those « new cells » ? The youth is supposed to build tomorrow’s world and we need to think about which speeches and tools we wanna demise to them.
Prophetic words sound more and more dull and mashed in a technocratic environnement. Somehow, the muse’s utterances have been turned into mewings of distress. This is probably why Lovataraxx’s new album is opening on the tense aria of « Heidi Montauk » : a post-punk track surrounded and corseted by siren’s yells. Which character can we trust between the ‘Wise’ – Sophos – and the ‘Fool’ – Moron – speaking inside of us ?
The song « Traumen » could be the answer of those Angry Young people, a kind of John Osborne-like new theatre play : the Youth don’t wanna take anymore emergency, or vain actions, but need a reasonable time frame to withdraw from the market and think about tomorrow. This Youth, already described on Lovataraxx Hébéphrénie’s album, is less apathetic than we think, and need to draw their own path.
The track « Tilda Vaast », of more electronic obedience, urge the disillusioned souls to get out of their bitter thougths and express themselves. The generation’s torch will be finally passed on the track Bruxism (Fire), regularly performed by Lovataraxx on stage.
Sophomore is a new step on the band’s trajectory, influenced by synthetics musics, 80’s or 90’s horror and SF movie soundtracks. A resolutely fairy, modern and personal record.
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