s/t, by Simon Merle

s/t

by Simon Merle

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Limited edition of my latest album. Pressed in France and with a brand new cover made by French artist Noel B.

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1.	Days 03:15
2.	Two Of My Friends 02:18
3.	I Can't Talk (free) 02:02	download
4.	Winter 00:44
5.	Never Be Famous 02:01
6.	Goin' Down 02:40
7.	I Don't Know 02:44
8.	Springtime 00:58
9.	Wendy 02:10
10.	Worry Sick 02:34

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"C'est donc sur une plateforme numérique (rien que d'écrire cela fait mal aux doigts, aux yeux et surtout à l'âme) qu'il vous faudra découvrir les merveilleuses chansons de Simon MERLE, toutes en douceur, en retenue. Avec beaucoup de tenue. Sans harmonica auprès d'un feu de bois, ni sueur virile sous une chemise bûcheron, l'esthétique folk est plutôt raffinée, quasiment de la pop au ralenti, comme chez BELLE & SEBASTIAN ou Elliott SMITH, l'américain qui a parfois réussi à être les BEATLES à lui tout seul. Sur de chaleureux arpèges ou accords plaqués en douceur sur des guitares (acoustiques bien évidemment), notre oiseau pose sa voix gracile, parfois fragile, comme le faisait Johnny THUNDERS sur son chef-d'oeuvre Hurt me, voire comme les frangins GODREY (Nikki SUDDEN et EPIC SOUNDTRACKS). Des choeurs célestes apportent une luminosité Wilsono-McCartneyenne bienvenue (MERLE n'a pas forcément envie de nous tirer des larmes sur la longueur) et les nappes de claviers font office de flutes et de cordes, financièrement inaccessibles pour une autoproduction ; sur le papier, ça paraît cheap, mais à l'écoute on n'imagine pas mieux fait avec un orchestre tâcheron d'un pays de l'Est. On garde les arrangements Bontempi, on garde tout.

Tout patron de maison de disques qui se respecte devrait le signer sur le champ, sans même lui faire passer un entretien d'embauche."

bingO @ casbah-records.com/webzine/merle-hagard

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released June 21, 2022

Cover art by Noel B.

Mastered by Ray Borneo @ Petrol Chips

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Simon Merle Annonay, France

Simon Merle used to play in a band called "The Bankees". Ten years and one hundred songs later, he decided to play and record solo under his real identity.

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