Laura Sauvage
Back in July Vivianne Roy - one-third of the Chiac-parlezing Les Hay Babies - or more accurately her alter and alternative ego, Laura Sauvage released the crazily addictive guitar-laden "You've changed" with promise of an eagerly to be awaited EP to follow later in the autumn. And guess what? "Fall" (as they say here) has arrived and as promised Vivianne / Laura has delivered a quintet of compellingly melodic folkish, alt-rock infused tracks in the shape of "Americana Submarine."
The EP opens with "The avalanche" and a track that ticks all the right boxes - jangly guitars and female - here Vivianne / Laura's distinctive - smokey, seductive (hell, yes!) - vocals. This is a great track; metronomic guitar and percussion form a backdrop for her hypnotic vocals before the song explodes in a chorus of "Do-Wah-a-Do-Wahs" and an up-kick in tempo. The track helps set the measure of this EP - while Laura may be unleashing her inner rock demon, there's a cherub sitting on her other shoulder, ensuring that those folk roots aren't totally forgotten.
At first listen "Subway station" appears to follow in a similar groove but then there's some heavy reverb and distortion added to both guitar and vocals (which are counterpoised by an incredibly poppy "La la la's", before wailing guitar and jagged horns lead into a coda that you really don't want to end...
The EP opens with "The avalanche" and a track that ticks all the right boxes - jangly guitars and female - here Vivianne / Laura's distinctive - smokey, seductive (hell, yes!) - vocals. This is a great track; metronomic guitar and percussion form a backdrop for her hypnotic vocals before the song explodes in a chorus of "Do-Wah-a-Do-Wahs" and an up-kick in tempo. The track helps set the measure of this EP - while Laura may be unleashing her inner rock demon, there's a cherub sitting on her other shoulder, ensuring that those folk roots aren't totally forgotten.
At first listen "Subway station" appears to follow in a similar groove but then there's some heavy reverb and distortion added to both guitar and vocals (which are counterpoised by an incredibly poppy "La la la's", before wailing guitar and jagged horns lead into a coda that you really don't want to end...
As befits this EP's half-way mark, "You think I'm cruel" is a softer, melancholic folk-edged number that I could well imagine Les Babies recording. This song is achingly - beautifully - downbeat and it is more than worth hanging on to every word of this song.
The up-beat single, "You've changed" features multi-textural waves of guitars, a metronomic drum-beat that serves as the song's engine that are all topped off by the wryly observational lyrics and a gorgeous progression during the chorus.
The EP closes with "Dirty ways to make your money" - probably my go to track - which packs more into 1'49" than most songs twice that length would struggle to achieve; a chugging intro gives way to fuzzy bass and distorted guitars in a stonking little number that like all good closing numbers - on an EP that clocks in at a little under fourteen sweet but-oh-so short minutes - leaves you wanting to hear a whole lot more.
Laura Sauvage (Website)
"Americana Submarine" (Bandcamp)
The up-beat single, "You've changed" features multi-textural waves of guitars, a metronomic drum-beat that serves as the song's engine that are all topped off by the wryly observational lyrics and a gorgeous progression during the chorus.
The EP closes with "Dirty ways to make your money" - probably my go to track - which packs more into 1'49" than most songs twice that length would struggle to achieve; a chugging intro gives way to fuzzy bass and distorted guitars in a stonking little number that like all good closing numbers - on an EP that clocks in at a little under fourteen sweet but-oh-so short minutes - leaves you wanting to hear a whole lot more.
Laura Sauvage (Website)
"Americana Submarine" (Bandcamp)
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