{"product_id":"myriam-gendron-ma-delire-songs-of-love-lost-found-2xlp","title":"Myriam Gendron - Ma Délire - Songs Of Love, Lost \u0026 Found 2xLP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"It has been a while since the release \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMyriam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's acclaimed 2014 debut album, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNot So Deep as a Well\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (FTR 146-4LP). The intervening years have brought a smattering of live performances, a bouquet of children, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrump\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's Pandemic, and much more . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDifferent concepts for a new album were broached, but the seed of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMa Délire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e was planted when Myriam recalled a paper she written in university. It was about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeonard Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's recording of \"The Lost Canadian (Un canadien errant)\" from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecent Songs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. Ostensibly a cover of an old Quebecois ballad, Cohen stripped away the specificity of the lyrics, tying the song's titular figure to the archetype of 'The Wandering Jew'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe theme of this paper returned to Myriam when she had a residency at the Old Mill in Le Bic, QC in August 2016. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBenoit Chaput\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e had turned her on to the traditional tune 'Au Coeur de ma Délire,' from a 1971 album by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDominique Tremblay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhilippe Gagnon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. The song was so haunting, she decided to record it right there in the Mill's boat repair workshop. That is the very recording used here . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis started Myriam musing about how the end of the Catholic hegemony in Quebec had the unanticipated consequence of making people think less of traditional Quebecois folk music, because so much of it was soaked in the blood of the lamb. It made sense this music should be explored and updated despite its dogmatic origins which Cohen had proved could be effectively expunged . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJust as the world was shutting down, Myriam was awarded a grant which allowed her the time and space to fully investigate and develop this material. She had spent years sifting through traditional music from Quebec, France and the U.S., highlighting parts of songs and ideas she liked, discarding some she found abhorrent, and merging the good bits with her own writing or other cannibalized shards. At some juncture she flashed on this work's common thread -- its thematic roots were always in one type of romantic longing or another. And so, this album came together during the dark days of the General Lockdown. Mixing vocal tracks with instrumentals, singing in both French and English, using a syncretic blend of original, modern and traditional lyrics, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMa Délire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e fearlessly wanders through a universe of its own invention, daring us to open our minds wide enough to take it all in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMyriam initially recorded with just guitar and vocals. But when she began working with the sound engineer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTonio Morin-Vargas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, he had some insightful suggestions about additional instrumentation that might broaden the album's sound without confounding it. Myriam had already planned to ask her friends, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBill Nace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChris Corsano\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, to add some things, so the whole shebang evolved as organically as most great records do...\" --\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eByron Coley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, 2021\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Forced Exposure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42138684162256,"sku":"","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/4201\/4416\/products\/myriam.jpg?v=1649181689","url":"https:\/\/www.grapefruitrecordclub.com\/products\/myriam-gendron-ma-delire-songs-of-love-lost-found-2xlp","provider":"Grapefruit Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}