YOU SAID STRANGE – “DANCE FOR NO ONE”
A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE
French psychedelic noise-pop trio You Said Strange share the much-anticipated Trade Your Soul EP. Additionally, they share focus track “Dance For No One”. The track, initially excluded from the two previous volumes despite its contemporary writing, now takes center stage, bringing incisive tones and dance beats to the fore. Its experimental version (“Dance For No One” (Take II)) by Daniel James Goodwin, accompanies by saxophonist Joseph Baudet, adds a bold, sensory dimension to the composition, offering a unique interpretation of the track.
The Trade Your Soul EP marks a significant milestone for the band, seeing them broaden their horizons with a more striking musical approach and a number of innovations. Even still, they continue to create the work of passionate musicians who combine dazzling instrumentation and the union of voices to fuse melancholy and energy alike.
Serving as a conclusion to the band’s Thousand Shadows era (capitalized on over the past two years via two new LPs: Thousand Shadows Vol. 1 and Thousand Shadows Vol. 2), the new EP is a post-rock tale unfolding as a metaphorical journey of spirituality through life’s most intense and intimate emotions and experiences — it demystifies the heroes and figures in whom we place our trust, covers themes of betrayal and disillusionment as key elements of the human journey, reflects on the use of faith and spirituality as metaphorical tools for apprehending human reality, raises profound questions about the creation of social frameworks in the absence of a concrete creator, and offers a quest for and discovery of true love.
The EP is the fruit of exciting collaborations with friends Marvin Borges-Soares (Structures), Raphaëlle Verlaine (Metro Verlaine), Joseph Baudet. Their contributions add a unique dimension to three of the tracks. A dynamic, feminine pop touch with Raphaëlle for “My Own God.” Bold elements and flamboyant flights of fancy for “Dance For No One” with Joseph, the musician and occasional saxophonist. A cold-wave dimension to “Trade Your Soul,” featuring Marvin. This EP was also an opportunity to collaborate with engineers Arthur Guegan and Daniel James Goodwin. Furthermore, the project was additionally mixed and mastered by Daniel J. Goodwin.
You Said Strange’s EP, Trade Your Soul, is out now via EXAG/Le Cèpe Records.
You Said Strange
Trade Your Soul
(EXAG/Le Cèpe Records)
Release Date: March 29, 2024
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