{"id":44617,"date":"2026-01-27T13:39:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/?p=44617"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:39:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:39:48","slug":"hanky-xx-under-a-western-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/hanky-xx-under-a-western-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanky XX &#8211;\u00a0Under a Western Sky\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-44617\" data-postid=\"44617\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-44617 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_u0hi918 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_bpg2918 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_avsv919   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><strong data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-44618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hanky-xx-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Hanky XX 2025\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hanky-xx-2025.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hanky-xx-2025-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hanky-xx-2025-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>2025 \u2013 11 titres &#8211; 38&rsquo;29<br \/><\/strong><em><strong>Label : <\/strong><\/em>ZRP \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/kuroneko-boutique.com\/products\/cd-under-a-western-sky-hanky-xx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kuroneko<\/a><em><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/em><strong><em>Style : <\/em><\/strong>Country, Americana<br \/><strong><em>Origine\u00a0:<\/em><\/strong> France, Bretagne, Rennes\/Dinard<br \/><em><strong>Date de sortie de l&rsquo;album :<\/strong><\/em> 7 novembre 2025<br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Par Mike S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"7e32bb85-cc0e-4e7e-849c-c293486b082e\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"175\" data-end=\"532\"><em><strong>Sous un ciel de l\u2019Ouest fantasm\u00e9, Hanky XX signe un premier album aussi d\u00e9routant que magn\u00e9tique. Deux Rennais revisitent l\u2019Americana \u00e0 coups de samples, de fictions et de vertiges mentaux.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"923\">Derri\u00e8re le nom <strong>Hanky XX<\/strong> se cachent deux figures bien connues de la sc\u00e8ne bretonne : <a href=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/james-eleganz-the-only-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>James Eleganz<\/strong><\/a> (ex-Success) et <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/the-celtic-social-club-dancing-or-dying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goulven Hamel<\/a><\/strong> (The Celtic Social Club, ex-Santa Cruz). Deux musiciens aux parcours riches, qui auraient pu se contenter d\u2019un disque hommage \u00e0 la country-folk am\u00e9ricaine. Mais <strong><em data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"842\">Under a Western Sky <\/em><\/strong>prend r\u00e9solument un autre chemin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"1314\">D\u00e8s <em data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"938\">Camilla<\/em>, le d\u00e9cor est plant\u00e9 : une Americana cin\u00e9matographique, instable, hant\u00e9e par des personnages f\u00e9minins qui semblent se d\u00e9doubler.<br data-start=\"1067\" data-end=\"1070\" \/>Camilla, \u00e9chapp\u00e9e de John Fante, et Rebekah Hartness, figure mythifi\u00e9e par <strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong>, deviennent les h\u00e9ro\u00efnes d\u2019un r\u00e9cit fragment\u00e9, presque hallucin\u00e9. Le disque avance comme un road trip nocturne, entre paysages mentaux et routes d\u00e9sertes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"175\" data-end=\"532\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4jsO2ikNRvg?si=ouYwGE2RwvG4Izzc\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1316\" data-end=\"1664\">Musicalement, Hanky XX joue avec les codes sans jamais les figer. Les guitares folk se frottent \u00e0 des samples \u00e9tranges (<em data-start=\"1438\" data-end=\"1455\">Pearls And Furs<\/em>), les m\u00e9lodies se distendent sous des nappes fantomatiques. <em data-start=\"1518\" data-end=\"1545\">Moonlight is a Full Light<\/em> \u00e9claire un voyage int\u00e9rieur, tandis que <em data-start=\"1586\" data-end=\"1604\">The Devil Inside<\/em> laisse poindre une folie sourde, jamais totalement assum\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"2015\">Point d\u2019\u00e9quilibre inattendu : la reprise de <em data-start=\"1710\" data-end=\"1743\">The Last Great American Dynasty (emprunt\u00e9 \u00e0 Taylor Swift &#8211; <strong><i>Folklore<\/i><\/strong> &#8211; 2020)<\/em>, d\u00e9construite et r\u00e9appropri\u00e9e avec audace. Plus qu\u2019un clin d\u2019\u0153il, elle agit comme un miroir th\u00e9matique du disque. Les derni\u00e8res pistes (<em data-start=\"1884\" data-end=\"1905\">The Flying Dutchman<\/em>, <em data-start=\"1907\" data-end=\"1927\">Gone With The Wind<\/em>) s\u2019\u00e9vanouissent dans une brume \u00e9l\u00e9giaque, laissant une sensation de vertige persistant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2017\" data-end=\"2319\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Ni pastiche ni exercice de style, <strong><em data-start=\"2051\" data-end=\"2072\">Under a Western Sky<\/em> <\/strong>est un premier album singulier, exigeant et habit\u00e9. Un disque qui s\u00e9duira autant les amateurs d\u2019Americana d\u00e9viante que les curieux en qu\u00eate de r\u00e9cits musicaux hors format. <strong>Hanky XX<\/strong> signe ici une entr\u00e9e en mati\u00e8re discr\u00e8te mais d\u00e9j\u00e0 marquante. Un disque int\u00e9rieur, \u00e9l\u00e9gant et troublant, o\u00f9 la country perd pied pour mieux se r\u00e9inventer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/HANKY-XX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FB<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/kuroneko-boutique.com\/products\/cd-under-a-western-sky-hanky-xx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acheter<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Line-up :<br \/><\/strong><\/em>James Eleganz : Vocals<br \/>Goulven Hamel : Guitars<em><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tracklist :<br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Camilla<\/li>\n<li>A Second In Your Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Blame The Rain<\/li>\n<li>As Soon As The Sun Falls Down<\/li>\n<li>Moonlight is A Full Light<\/li>\n<li>The Last Great American Dynasty<\/li>\n<li>Pearls And Furs<\/li>\n<li>Do We Need Holes?<\/li>\n<li>The Devil Inside<\/li>\n<li>The Flying Dutchman<\/li>\n<li>Gone With The Wind<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_p1\">\u00a0<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .tb-column-inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_column -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .row_inner -->\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_row -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 \u2013 11 titres &#8211; 38&rsquo;29Label : ZRP \/ KuronekoStyle : Country, AmericanaOrigine\u00a0: France, Bretagne, Rennes\/DinardDate de sortie de l&rsquo;album : 7 novembre 2025&#8230; Par Mike S. Sous un ciel de l\u2019Ouest fantasm\u00e9, Hanky XX signe un premier album aussi d\u00e9routant que magn\u00e9tique. Deux Rennais revisitent l\u2019Americana \u00e0 coups de samples, de fictions et de [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[228,1552,831,2823,1392],"class_list":["post-44617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-albums-francais","tag-americana","tag-country","tag-goulven-hamel","tag-james-eleganz","tag-the-celtic-social-club","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<p><strong data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hanky-xx-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Hanky XX 2025\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hanky-xx-2025.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hanky-xx-2025-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hanky-xx-2025-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>2025 \u2013 11 titres - 38'29<br \/><\/strong><em><strong>Label : <\/strong><\/em>ZRP \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/kuroneko-boutique.com\/products\/cd-under-a-western-sky-hanky-xx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kuroneko<\/a><em><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/em><strong><em>Style : <\/em><\/strong>Country, Americana<br \/><strong><em>Origine\u00a0:<\/em><\/strong> France, Bretagne, Rennes\/Dinard<br \/><em><strong>Date de sortie de l'album :<\/strong><\/em> 7 novembre 2025<br \/>.<br \/>.<br \/>.<\/p> <hr \/> <p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Par Mike S.<\/strong><\/p> <article dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"175\" data-end=\"532\"><em><strong>Sous un ciel de l\u2019Ouest fantasm\u00e9, Hanky XX signe un premier album aussi d\u00e9routant que magn\u00e9tique. Deux Rennais revisitent l\u2019Americana \u00e0 coups de samples, de fictions et de vertiges mentaux.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"923\">Derri\u00e8re le nom <strong>Hanky XX<\/strong> se cachent deux figures bien connues de la sc\u00e8ne bretonne : <a href=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/james-eleganz-the-only-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>James Eleganz<\/strong><\/a> (ex-Success) et <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/the-celtic-social-club-dancing-or-dying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goulven Hamel<\/a><\/strong> (The Celtic Social Club, ex-Santa Cruz). Deux musiciens aux parcours riches, qui auraient pu se contenter d\u2019un disque hommage \u00e0 la country-folk am\u00e9ricaine. Mais <strong><em data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"842\">Under a Western Sky <\/em><\/strong>prend r\u00e9solument un autre chemin.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"1314\">D\u00e8s <em data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"938\">Camilla<\/em>, le d\u00e9cor est plant\u00e9 : une Americana cin\u00e9matographique, instable, hant\u00e9e par des personnages f\u00e9minins qui semblent se d\u00e9doubler.<br data-start=\"1067\" data-end=\"1070\" \/>Camilla, \u00e9chapp\u00e9e de John Fante, et Rebekah Hartness, figure mythifi\u00e9e par <strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong>, deviennent les h\u00e9ro\u00efnes d\u2019un r\u00e9cit fragment\u00e9, presque hallucin\u00e9. Le disque avance comme un road trip nocturne, entre paysages mentaux et routes d\u00e9sertes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"175\" data-end=\"532\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4jsO2ikNRvg?si=ouYwGE2RwvG4Izzc\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\ufeff<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1316\" data-end=\"1664\">Musicalement, Hanky XX joue avec les codes sans jamais les figer. Les guitares folk se frottent \u00e0 des samples \u00e9tranges (<em data-start=\"1438\" data-end=\"1455\">Pearls And Furs<\/em>), les m\u00e9lodies se distendent sous des nappes fantomatiques. <em data-start=\"1518\" data-end=\"1545\">Moonlight is a Full Light<\/em> \u00e9claire un voyage int\u00e9rieur, tandis que <em data-start=\"1586\" data-end=\"1604\">The Devil Inside<\/em> laisse poindre une folie sourde, jamais totalement assum\u00e9e.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"2015\">Point d\u2019\u00e9quilibre inattendu : la reprise de <em data-start=\"1710\" data-end=\"1743\">The Last Great American Dynasty (emprunt\u00e9 \u00e0 Taylor Swift - <strong><i>Folklore<\/i><\/strong> - 2020)<\/em>, d\u00e9construite et r\u00e9appropri\u00e9e avec audace. Plus qu\u2019un clin d\u2019\u0153il, elle agit comme un miroir th\u00e9matique du disque. Les derni\u00e8res pistes (<em data-start=\"1884\" data-end=\"1905\">The Flying Dutchman<\/em>, <em data-start=\"1907\" data-end=\"1927\">Gone With The Wind<\/em>) s\u2019\u00e9vanouissent dans une brume \u00e9l\u00e9giaque, laissant une sensation de vertige persistant.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2017\" data-end=\"2319\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Ni pastiche ni exercice de style, <strong><em data-start=\"2051\" data-end=\"2072\">Under a Western Sky<\/em> <\/strong>est un premier album singulier, exigeant et habit\u00e9. Un disque qui s\u00e9duira autant les amateurs d\u2019Americana d\u00e9viante que les curieux en qu\u00eate de r\u00e9cits musicaux hors format. <strong>Hanky XX<\/strong> signe ici une entr\u00e9e en mati\u00e8re discr\u00e8te mais d\u00e9j\u00e0 marquante. Un disque int\u00e9rieur, \u00e9l\u00e9gant et troublant, o\u00f9 la country perd pied pour mieux se r\u00e9inventer.<\/p>\n<\/article> <hr \/> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/HANKY-XX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FB<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/kuroneko-boutique.com\/products\/cd-under-a-western-sky-hanky-xx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acheter<\/a><\/p> <hr \/> <p><em><strong>Line-up :<br \/><\/strong><\/em>James Eleganz : Vocals<br \/>Goulven Hamel : Guitars<em><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p> <p><em><strong>Tracklist :<br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p> <ol> <li>Camilla<\/li> <li>A Second In Your Eyes<\/li> <li>Blame The Rain<\/li> <li>As Soon As The Sun Falls Down<\/li> <li>Moonlight is A Full Light<\/li> <li>The Last Great American Dynasty<\/li> <li>Pearls And Furs<\/li> <li>Do We Need Holes?<\/li> <li>The Devil Inside<\/li> <li>The Flying Dutchman<\/li> <li>Gone With The Wind<\/li> <\/ol> <hr \/> \u00a0 \u00a0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44617"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44735,"href":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44617\/revisions\/44735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}