{"id":18165,"date":"2018-02-20T18:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/?p=18165"},"modified":"2018-02-20T13:49:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T12:49:15","slug":"we-are-the-line-through-the-crack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/we-are-the-line-through-the-crack\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are The Line &#8211; Through the crack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">2018 \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a05 titres (+ 1 titre bonus) \u2013 19&prime;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><em><strong>Label :<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Autoprod<em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>Style\u00a0:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Synth Pop, Rock,\u00a0Electro<br \/>\n<strong><em>Origine\u00a0: <\/em><\/strong>France, IDF, Paris (75)<br \/>\n<em><strong>Date de sortie de l&rsquo;album :<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 22 octobre 2017<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Notre avis : [star rating=\u00a0\u00bb4&Prime; max=\u00a0\u00bb5&Prime;]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Par Mike S.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>\u00ab\u00a0Through the crack\u00a0\u00bb est le premier EP d&rsquo;une trilogie \u00e0 venir de We Are The Line. En attendant le second EP actuellement en pr\u00e9paration, penchons nous sur celui qui est d\u00e9j\u00e0 disponible depuis octobre dernier et sur ce groupe parisien qui n&rsquo;a rien a envier aux grosses productions anglosaxonnes, au point d&rsquo;\u00eatre ais\u00e9ment compar\u00e9 \u00e0 des groupes tels que Depeche Mode ou Nine Inch Nails&#8230; Impressionnante plong\u00e9e dans un univers sombre et froid. N&rsquo;oubliez pas vos palmes et vos bouteilles de plong\u00e9e ! Rendez-vous dans les abysses !\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>Utilisant des visuels modernes aux images et aux logos et polices abstraits, aux couleurs expressives (noir, rouge, nuances de gris), proches de ceux de <strong>Nine Inch Nails<\/strong>, il devient difficile de dissocier\u00a0<strong>We Are The Line<\/strong> du travail de <strong>Trent Reznor<\/strong>. Qui plus est lorsque les atmosph\u00e8res pesantes et la voix \u00e9nigmatique de son chanteur nous orientent encore vers ce dernier, pendant que le traitement du son et les rythmes lourds se rapprochent des compos les plus fascinantes et hypnotiques de <strong>Depeche Mode<\/strong>, p\u00e9riode <em><strong>Violator <\/strong><\/em>ou<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>Delta Machine<\/em><\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2971272164\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=ffffff\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wearetheline.bandcamp.com\/album\/through-the-crack-ep-bandcamp-edition\">Through The Crack (EP &#8211; BandCamp Edition) by We Are The Line<\/a><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Tr\u00e8s difficile donc de faire abstraction de ces influences que le groupe revendique et qu&rsquo;il \u00e9largit \u00e0 <strong>Recoil<\/strong> (\u00e9manation plus electro de Depeche Mode), <strong>Massive Attack<\/strong> ou encore <strong>David Bowie <\/strong>et <strong>David Lynch<\/strong>. Pour leur sens de l&rsquo;esth\u00e9tique, sans doute aussi. Mais si on y parvient et que l&rsquo;on se recentre sur l&rsquo;essentiel, \u00e0 savoir les compositions originales de cet EP. Elles sont au nombre de 6, dont la premiere est une introduction instrumentale, en crescendo, qui plante le d\u00e9cor de ce qui va suivre. Deux minutes de nappes electro rejointes par des rythmes synth\u00e9tiques qui s\u2019encha\u00eenent au premier single marquant de cet EP,\u00a0<em>A Cold Place<\/em>, clipp\u00e9 depuis janvier\u00a0 par\u00a0<strong>Astrid Karoual<\/strong>, dans une ambiance qui colle \u00e0 la chanson, couleurs froides, ambiance inqui\u00e9tante, images stroboscopiques. La\u00a0m\u00e9lodie est impeccable, la voix plaintive est envo\u00fbtante, le refrain est lui-m\u00eame ent\u00eatant. Dans la veine de ce que <strong>Dave Gahan<\/strong> nous a propos\u00e9 de mieux ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es (<em>Going Backwards, Kingdom<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CACZa6MGivA\" width=\"450\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>L&rsquo;EP poursuit sa route, dans les m\u00eames m\u00e9andres \u00e9lectroniques, chaotiques, hypnotiques, oppressants.\u00a0Devenant\u00a0 plus contemplatif\u00a0 (<em>Restless (In Vain), Our Last Sight<\/em>) et plus sombre encore. Avec une minuscule lueur de r\u00e9pit, sur\u00a0<em>Shinning Edge<\/em>, dont les boucles \u00e9lectroniques finissent de vous emporter dans leur tourbillon magn\u00e9tique.<\/p>\n<p>Ce premier EP, construit autour d&rsquo;un titre fort,\u00a0<em>A Cold Place<\/em>, est litt\u00e9ralement\u00a0envo\u00fbtant !\u00a0<em><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WeAreTheLineBand\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearetheline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Site officiel<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Tracklist :<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>1.\u00a0Through The Crack 02:22<br \/>\n2.\u00a0A Cold Place 03:34<br \/>\n3.\u00a0Restless (In Vain) 04:22<br \/>\n4.\u00a0Our Last Sight 02:51<br \/>\n5.\u00a0Shinning Edge 05:55<br \/>\nBonus sur les plateformes Soundcloud \/ Bandcamp&#8230; :<br \/>\n6.\u00a0They&rsquo;re All Mine 02:43<em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-18165\" data-postid=\"18165\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-18165 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018 \u2013\u00a0\u00a05 titres (+ 1 titre bonus) \u2013 19&prime; Label :\u00a0\u00a0Autoprod Style\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0Synth Pop, Rock,\u00a0Electro Origine\u00a0: France, IDF, Paris (75) Date de sortie de l&rsquo;album :\u00a0 22 octobre 2017 Notre avis : [star rating=\u00a0\u00bb4&Prime; max=\u00a0\u00bb5&Prime;] Par Mike S. \u00ab\u00a0Through the crack\u00a0\u00bb est le premier EP d&rsquo;une trilogie \u00e0 venir de We Are The Line. 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