CE TRÈS CHER SERGE - SPÉCIAL ORIGINES

This group from France has managed to stay somewhat under the radar, which is surprising considering their ample talent and ability to churn out fantastic art/jazz/space rock, seemingly at the push of a button. This is the kind of album that I think fans of Frank Zappa and Soft Machine would enjoy immensely, myself being one of them.

Ce très cher Serge gives the listener equal doses loud freak-out psychedelic rock, and chilled out grooves under harmonious atonal chanting (in their native tongue, so the lyrics go completely unknown to someone who knows not but two words of French, such as myself). This is an album for headphones! The sound quality is great and there is real attention to detail here. There even seems to be some distant harkening back to some of Brian Wilson's vocal arrangements with the Beach Boys! For this band to exist in this day in age is beyond me. They would have been right at home in the jazz-rock, avant, and Canterbury scenes of the 70s, but don't let their naturally vintage sound fool you. Make no mistake, there is something about this band that is entirely "NOW", highly original, and sometimes seemingly from the future. Drum and bass grooves are a cornerstone for these guys, and they have the odd groovy time signatures down to a T. I would even suggest this album for an open-minded math rock fan given the frenetic, yet precise playing on songs such as "Un Soir De Tempête", "Un Monde Englouti", and "Tombé Dans La Selve". It's hard to pick particularly noteworthy tracks from this album (seeing as how I love the entire thing!), but specific songs that jump out at me are:

2. "Un Soir De Tempête" 3. "Errance" 5. "Un Monde Englouti" 6. "Tombé Dans La Selve" 9. "Visions"

Do yourself a favor and pick up this album now. It is a thing of beauty. These guys are hands down, one of the few exciting bands in existence right now (IMO of course), and you'd be hard-pressed to find another band that sounds like Aquaserge. I'd give this album 4.5 stars if I could.

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