POÈMES FOUS POUR HERBES FRAÎCHES
Artist
Release Date
9 April 2021
Crew
Music Notre Dame de la Colline / Artwork Florian Larrecq / Recording & Mixing Studioblanche / Mastering Biduloscope
Poèmes fous pour herbes fraîches refers to the Stories and Legends we're growing with, and that build who we are and our way to act with the world around us. It invites us to chose the Stories that build us, to invent them, to borrow the ones from the persons who touch our hearts. And above all, Poèmes fous pour herbes fraîches tries to make everyone remind one's own kid dreams.
These dreams are probably the most precious treasures in any of us.
"May your childhood dreams live on forever..."
PRESS REVIEWS
« A lot may be written about the collective Founding our own Glorious Chapels. Presenting solo projects and teamups, albums and shows, secret festivals, the collective boasts an international flavor and breaks down borders for the greater good.
But when it comes down to it, it’s more important simply to listen to Poèmes fous pour herbes fraîches, the music of the Collective’s founder and to wander to one’s own definition of holiness.
The overall effect is akin to wandering the chapel of Notre Dame de la Colline, stopping before each sculpture and stained glass window. Ancient cathedrals were meant to inspire awe, as music, reverberation and light spoke in manners that words and sacraments could not. Following in their tradition, this album serves as a reminder that we make our own legends…
Once upon a time, every legend was simply the new story of the day »
— A Closer Listen (US) - 11/04/2021
« This album is that night that the dawn devours with every passing second. This album is that invisible hand, interweaving its fingers in yours when everything in you shivers for unspeakable reasons.
This album is that gentle heat evaporating the frost that sometimes covers your soul. »
— Les Ancres (France) – 09/04/2021
« A totally unique album of rare beauty and finesse, surprising and terribly delicate. Diving into Poèmes fous pour herbes fraîches is like traveling across vast unspoiled plains where the breeze caresses wild flowers, as if an open-air painting could be done with notes.
Notre Dame de la Colline is unlike any other band. There are many influences from here and elsewhere, but this chapel offers something unique, timeless, which seduces with its intimate and, sometimes, fragile side.
Poèmes fous pour herbes fraîches is a magical moment, representing all the best that DIY music has to offer : authenticity. »
— New Musical Horizons (Belgium) – 09/04/2021
« Between music box and funeral march, these « crazy poems » are highly sensitive night musics, unfolding their melancholic though full of hope melodies. By opening the doors of his chapel, the artist makes us discover a modest architecture with dazzling forms that will thrill the lovers of intimate works. »
— Clair & Obscur (France) – 10/05/2021
« An immersive and refined album that transports our emotions in an exquisite and creative way. It’s an unique privilege to contemplate this preciousness. »
— Postart.rocks (Brazil) – 06/04/2021
« Poèmes fous pour herbes fraîches is as honest and heartwarming as it is emotive and personal. It is not perfect, but it has something that captivates and sits with the soul. The collective Founding our own Glorious Chapels is literally a giant oak of artistry and creativity, that is still growing slowly, but with so much purpose and might.»
— Veil of Sound (Internatonal) – 27/04/2021
« Notre Dame De La Colline sounds breathtaking, poetic and intensively beautiful.
The founder of Founding our own Glorious Chapels knows how to move you. The guitars and the floating brass instruments give you a feeling of wellbeing. A string section follows in different layers and creates a dark, subdued, sometimes strange atmosphere.
An intimacy that warms your soul in a dark setting.
A mystical darkness is created by the serene and intimate atmosphere, having a hypnotic effect on our mind.
What an intensity. »
— Musiczine (Belgium) – 28/04/2021
« Wordless music to be together, to say goodbye, to remember, to secure bonds, to laugh, to cry, to let go, to pay homage, to keep on going to live. Notes of crossing, sharing, hope, melancholy, memory.
Poèmes fous pour herbes fraîches, or how to be well accompanied to begin to mourn.. »
— Fred la Fille (France) – 09/04/2021
« An unclassifiable album, full of poetry, for young and old.
An album that escapes time, places and trends. An album to be listened to with half-closed eyes, when night falls, and when day is born, too.
When I discovered Poèmes fous pour herbes fraîches, I reminded myself, as a child, listening to Peter and the Wolf repeatedly. It reminded me those sweet moments, during which I felt alone in the world, alone with the music of the tale and the imaginary friends of Prokofiev.
Notre Dame de la Colline’s music has the naivety of every tale. This naivety that gives shape to our childhood dreams. The one that makes us believe that anything is possible. It also has its authenticity and sincerity. It comes straight to the heart, illuminating the darkness.. »
— Totoromoon (France) – 19/04/2021
« An album with unusual, sublime and serene harmonies. Apeasing and aerial pieces.
A beautiful, experimental and unique work. »
