*𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 "𝐕" 𝐥𝐞 𝟏𝟔 𝐟𝐞́𝐯𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒*
Following their fourth album, Birth(s), 2016, which took them back to the duo’s
fundamental and radical alchemy, Steve Perreux (guitar, vocals) and Dimitri
Chaillou (drums, vocals) are still questioning their own musical and geographical frontiers, between frontal post-rock, frenzied noise, polyphonic vocals and instrumental diversion. With this (long awaited) fifth album, V (to be
released in February 2024) with it six songs, each with a title alluding to a city visited on their previous tours, the ROBOT ORCHESTRA invent for themselves new and definitely European feel of wandering vacations.
From the Czech Republic to Spain, from Slovenia to Latvia, crossing Poland, you
listen to their music as you would consult travel writing, standing quietly by its
maturity and its long maturation. Between furious rhythms, electric frenzies,
long instrumental parts, atmospheric diversions and vocal lines swaying from
pop melodies to cathartic cries, each song seems to define its own field for
research, sound inventions and melodic richness. With its kinetic use of strings
(violin, cello) as electronic insertions, this layered daydream grinds together the
coherence of Radiohead and Fugazi, prog, kraut and math rock, rage and relief,
restlessness and peace, complexity and simplicity.
This gem of sonic exploration and controlled fury weaves a kind of fascinating
rock’n roll euchronia, creating a world of breath and decibel that could develop
(from it). The alchemy of the molten duo is still at the core of the reactor,
extended for the live version with Johan Gardré (violin) and François-Pierre Fol
(Cello)