Artist: Karkwa
Album: Les Chemins De Verre
From: Montréal, QC
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Philippe Papineau, Le Devoir, Montréal
Album: Les Chemins De Verre
From: Montréal, QC
Links: Website | MySpace | Facebook
Everything I cherish in music I’ve found in Karkwa’s Les Chemins De Verre. Killer melodies, intelligent lyrics, and the impression of a group in total communion. This is especially apparent during the hymn Marie Tu Pleures, recorded in one take in a old French manor house. Singer Lous-Jean Cormier usually pushes his gritty voice into the low octaves, but here he dares incursions into the higher range to great emotional effect. Think about Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, The Beach Boys; even good old Quebec prog music from Harmonium. Karkwa have let some air in. Karkwa are more and more Karkwa.
Philippe Papineau, Le Devoir, Montréal
Extract from Polaris Prize site, the 2010 short list.
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