{"id":44907,"date":"2026-02-27T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/?p=44907"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:17:16","slug":"exsonvaldes-ninety-seconds-to-midnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/exsonvaldes-ninety-seconds-to-midnight\/","title":{"rendered":"Exsonvaldes &#8211; Ninety Seconds to Midnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-44907\" data-postid=\"44907\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-44907 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_jhw248 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_teq948 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_o92w410   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44908\" src=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/exsonvaldes-2026.jpg\" alt=\"exsonvaldes\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/exsonvaldes-2026.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/exsonvaldes-2026-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/exsonvaldes-2026-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>2026 \u2013 11 titres &#8211; 32&rsquo;20<br \/><\/strong><\/span><em><strong>Label : <\/strong><\/em>V2 Records \/ Finalistes<br \/><strong><em>Style\u00a0: <\/em><\/strong>Pop Rock<br \/><strong><em>Origine\u00a0:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0France, IDF<br \/><em><strong>Date de sortie de l&rsquo;album :<\/strong><\/em> 13 f\u00e9vrier 2026<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<br \/>.<br \/><\/span><\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Par Mike S.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"240\"><em><strong>Vingt-cinq ans apr\u00e8s ses premi\u00e8res r\u00e9p\u00e9t&rsquo;, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Exsonvaldes<\/span><\/span> publie son sixi\u00e8me album, \u00ab\u00a0Ninety Seconds to Midnight\u00a0\u00bb. Un disque qui regarde autant vers ses d\u00e9buts que vers l\u2019\u00e9tat du monde actuel, et surtout qui nous montre une belle maturit\u00e9 tant dans le son que les m\u00e9lodies, au point d&rsquo;oser toujours un peu plus des paroles en fran\u00e7ais.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"634\">On les suit depuis longtemps, des sous-sols de Radio Enghiens aux tourn\u00e9es espagnoles, en passant par le virage plus rock d\u2019<em data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"365\">Aranda<\/em> et l\u2019efficacit\u00e9 pop de <em data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"395\">Maps<\/em>. Mais ce nouvel album marque un retour assum\u00e9 \u00e0 une \u00e9nergie plus \u00ab\u00a0brute\u00a0\u00bb. Guitares plus sales, distorsion en avant, production moins c\u00e9r\u00e9brale en apparence \u2014 m\u00eame si, fid\u00e8le \u00e0 leur exigence, le trio empile encore les couches avec pr\u00e9cision.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c_vObq6og7c?si=2lDuyC499ftKPCum\" 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><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"1016\">D\u00e8s <em>\u201cParis Bruxelles\u201d<\/em>, le ton est donn\u00e9 : riff qui claque, tension imm\u00e9diate et texte m\u00e9lancolique qui regarde dans le r\u00e9tro : <em>\u00ab\u00a0Pour \u00eatre nouveau \u00e0 nouveau\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>.\u00a0 \u201c<em>Tate (Like the Museum)<\/em>\u201d et \u201c<em>French Keyboard<\/em>\u201d prolongent cette veine nerveuse, quand \u201c<em>Tired of Everything<\/em>\u201d impose un refrain frontal et accrocheur. On sent l\u2019envie d\u2019en d\u00e9coudre, de retrouver l\u2019explosivit\u00e9 des ann\u00e9es 90 \u2014 celles de Deus, Weezer ou Blur \u2014 sans tomber dans la nostalgie.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1018\" data-end=\"1476\">Mais <strong>Exsonvaldes<\/strong> n\u2019oublie pas son go\u00fbt pour la pop m\u00e9lodique. A chaque, l&rsquo;esprit pop reste bien pr\u00e9sent. Mieux, <em>En Sentido Contrario<\/em>, avec la chanteuse espagnole <strong><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Helena Miquel<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, apporte une respiration lumineuse. <em>Frontiers<\/em>, port\u00e9 par un autre featuring, la voix singuli\u00e8re de <strong><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Troy Von Balthazar<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, joue la carte d\u2019une ballade douce et \u00e9l\u00e9gante. Et <em>Abandoned Water Park<\/em>, qui donne son titre \u00e0 l\u2019album, synth\u00e9tise parfaitement leur ADN : guitares m\u00e9lancoliques, nappes synth\u00e9tiques et sens aigu du refrain.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1478\" data-end=\"1792\">Car derri\u00e8re l\u2019\u00e9nergie rock, les textes captent le malaise contemporain : solitude persistante malgr\u00e9 le mouvement, qu\u00eate de reconnaissance, peur diffuse d\u2019un monde instable. Le titre <strong><em data-start=\"1662\" data-end=\"1690\">Ninety Seconds to Midnight<\/em> <\/strong>renvoie ainsi, de fa\u00e7on imag\u00e9e, \u00e0 l\u2019horloge de l\u2019apocalypse.<\/p><p data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"2064\">Autoproduit comme <em data-start=\"1812\" data-end=\"1818\">Maps<\/em>, mais d\u00e9sormais sign\u00e9 sur un label mythique des ann\u00e9es 90 (V2 recorsds qui a sign\u00e9 des gens comme Stereophonics, dEus ou encore Mercury Rev), l\u2019album montre un groupe au sommet de sa ma\u00eetrise. Plus fluide dans l\u2019\u00e9criture, plus direct dans l\u2019impact, Exsonvaldes r\u00e9ussit un \u00e9quilibre d\u00e9licat : revenir aux sources sans tout \u00e0 fait se r\u00e9p\u00e9ter !\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2066\" data-end=\"2281\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Si la cons\u00e9cration fran\u00e7aise se fait toujours attendre, une chose est s\u00fbre : rarement le trio francilien aura sembl\u00e9 aussi s\u00fbr de lui. \u00c0 quatre-vingt-dix secondes de minuit, Exsonvaldes sonne plus vivant que jamais !\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exsonvaldes.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Site<\/a> \/<a href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/ninety-seconds-to-midnight-exsonvaldes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acheter Ecouter<\/a><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Line up :\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>Simon Beaudoux: vocals, guitars.<br \/>Antoine Bernard: guitars, keyboards, backing vocals.<br \/>Martin Chourrout: drums, keyboards.<br \/>Quentin Rochas: bass, additional keyboards.<br \/>+ guest : Helena Miquel: vocals.<\/p><p><strong>Tracklist :\u00a0<br \/><\/strong>01. Paris Bruxelles<br \/>02. Rockets<br \/>03. Malaga<br \/>04. Frontiers (feat. Troy Von Balthazar)<br \/>05. Tate (Like the Museum)<br \/>06. Est-ce qu on parle enfin de moi?<br \/>07. En Sentido Contrario (feat. Helena Miquel)<br \/>08. French Keyboard<br \/>09. Avant Avant<br \/>10. Tired of Everything (Focus Track)<br \/>11. Abandoned Water Park<\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H1ZEGQ5mLec?si=-WeU9CzTOru97fpZ\" 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><\/div><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>    <\/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-->\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[126,3178,50,2341,4578],"class_list":["post-44907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-albums-francais","tag-exsonvaldes","tag-ile-de-france","tag-pop","tag-rock","tag-v2-records","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/exsonvaldes-2026.jpg\" alt=\"exsonvaldes\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/exsonvaldes-2026.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/exsonvaldes-2026-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/exsonvaldes-2026-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>2026 \u2013 11 titres - 32'20<br \/><\/strong><em><strong>Label : <\/strong><\/em>V2 Records \/ Finalistes<br \/><strong><em>Style\u00a0: <\/em><\/strong>Pop Rock<br \/><strong><em>Origine\u00a0:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0France, IDF<br \/><em><strong>Date de sortie de l'album :<\/strong><\/em> 13 f\u00e9vrier 2026<\/p><p>.<br \/>.<br \/><\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Par Mike S.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"240\"><em><strong>Vingt-cinq ans apr\u00e8s ses premi\u00e8res r\u00e9p\u00e9t', Exsonvaldes publie son sixi\u00e8me album, \"Ninety Seconds to Midnight\". Un disque qui regarde autant vers ses d\u00e9buts que vers l\u2019\u00e9tat du monde actuel, et surtout qui nous montre une belle maturit\u00e9 tant dans le son que les m\u00e9lodies, au point d'oser toujours un peu plus des paroles en fran\u00e7ais.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"634\">On les suit depuis longtemps, des sous-sols de Radio Enghiens aux tourn\u00e9es espagnoles, en passant par le virage plus rock d\u2019<em data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"365\">Aranda<\/em> et l\u2019efficacit\u00e9 pop de <em data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"395\">Maps<\/em>. Mais ce nouvel album marque un retour assum\u00e9 \u00e0 une \u00e9nergie plus \"brute\". Guitares plus sales, distorsion en avant, production moins c\u00e9r\u00e9brale en apparence \u2014 m\u00eame si, fid\u00e8le \u00e0 leur exigence, le trio empile encore les couches avec pr\u00e9cision.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c_vObq6og7c?si=2lDuyC499ftKPCum\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\ufeff<\/iframe><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"1016\">D\u00e8s <em>\u201cParis Bruxelles\u201d<\/em>, le ton est donn\u00e9 : riff qui claque, tension imm\u00e9diate et texte m\u00e9lancolique qui regarde dans le r\u00e9tro : <em>\"Pour \u00eatre nouveau \u00e0 nouveau\"<\/em>.\u00a0 \u201c<em>Tate (Like the Museum)<\/em>\u201d et \u201c<em>French Keyboard<\/em>\u201d prolongent cette veine nerveuse, quand \u201c<em>Tired of Everything<\/em>\u201d impose un refrain frontal et accrocheur. On sent l\u2019envie d\u2019en d\u00e9coudre, de retrouver l\u2019explosivit\u00e9 des ann\u00e9es 90 \u2014 celles de Deus, Weezer ou Blur \u2014 sans tomber dans la nostalgie.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1018\" data-end=\"1476\">Mais <strong>Exsonvaldes<\/strong> n\u2019oublie pas son go\u00fbt pour la pop m\u00e9lodique. A chaque, l'esprit pop reste bien pr\u00e9sent. Mieux, <em>En Sentido Contrario<\/em>, avec la chanteuse espagnole <strong>Helena Miquel<\/strong>, apporte une respiration lumineuse. <em>Frontiers<\/em>, port\u00e9 par un autre featuring, la voix singuli\u00e8re de <strong>Troy Von Balthazar<\/strong>, joue la carte d\u2019une ballade douce et \u00e9l\u00e9gante. Et <em>Abandoned Water Park<\/em>, qui donne son titre \u00e0 l\u2019album, synth\u00e9tise parfaitement leur ADN : guitares m\u00e9lancoliques, nappes synth\u00e9tiques et sens aigu du refrain.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1478\" data-end=\"1792\">Car derri\u00e8re l\u2019\u00e9nergie rock, les textes captent le malaise contemporain : solitude persistante malgr\u00e9 le mouvement, qu\u00eate de reconnaissance, peur diffuse d\u2019un monde instable. Le titre <strong><em data-start=\"1662\" data-end=\"1690\">Ninety Seconds to Midnight<\/em> <\/strong>renvoie ainsi, de fa\u00e7on imag\u00e9e, \u00e0 l\u2019horloge de l\u2019apocalypse.<\/p><p data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"2064\">Autoproduit comme <em data-start=\"1812\" data-end=\"1818\">Maps<\/em>, mais d\u00e9sormais sign\u00e9 sur un label mythique des ann\u00e9es 90 (V2 recorsds qui a sign\u00e9 des gens comme Stereophonics, dEus ou encore Mercury Rev), l\u2019album montre un groupe au sommet de sa ma\u00eetrise. Plus fluide dans l\u2019\u00e9criture, plus direct dans l\u2019impact, Exsonvaldes r\u00e9ussit un \u00e9quilibre d\u00e9licat : revenir aux sources sans tout \u00e0 fait se r\u00e9p\u00e9ter !\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2066\" data-end=\"2281\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Si la cons\u00e9cration fran\u00e7aise se fait toujours attendre, une chose est s\u00fbre : rarement le trio francilien aura sembl\u00e9 aussi s\u00fbr de lui. \u00c0 quatre-vingt-dix secondes de minuit, Exsonvaldes sonne plus vivant que jamais !\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exsonvaldes.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Site<\/a> \/<a href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/ninety-seconds-to-midnight-exsonvaldes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acheter Ecouter<\/a><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Line up :\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>Simon Beaudoux: vocals, guitars.<br \/>Antoine Bernard: guitars, keyboards, backing vocals.<br \/>Martin Chourrout: drums, keyboards.<br \/>Quentin Rochas: bass, additional keyboards.<br \/>+ guest : Helena Miquel: vocals.<\/p><p><strong>Tracklist :\u00a0<br \/><\/strong>01. 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