{"id":36647,"date":"2020-11-04T18:48:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T17:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=36647"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:16:09","slug":"a-few-tips-for-listening-to-francis-cabrels-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/music\/a-few-tips-for-listening-to-francis-cabrels-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"A few tips for listening to Francis Cabrel's new album"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unpublished article - Jonas Follonier<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bard from Astaffort returns after five years with his fourteenth studio album. With A l'Aube revenant<\/em>, Francis Cabrel's new album, released last month, is very much a \"cabr\u00e9lien\" affair. Blending his trademark themes with his characteristic folk ambience, the French singer-songwriter presents us with thirteen refined tracks, where renewal is to be found in the finesse. An exquisite album, like all his others, even if we may regret the artist's new melodic habits. But they also have their good points. Analysis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

For Cabrel, beautiful moments have become too short. Fortunately, art is there to sublimate them. So goes the first song on his album At dawn returning<\/em>, released on October 16, entitled Beautiful moments are too short<\/a><\/em>. Surprising, because the rhythm and phrasing are unusual, as if the verses went on a little too long. Surprising, but in fact logical in the musical, textual and psychological evolution of the singer-craftsman. The aim is to develop the structure of the songs - harmony as well as melody - until a never-before-heard result is achieved, even if it means making the whole thing absolutely ineffective on first listen. This will be the case for almost the entire album, including the second song Looking like you<\/em> which is the single<\/em> currently playing on every radio station. This song tells the story of Cabrel's chosen path in life, totally opposed to that of his father:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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