William Carlos Whitten transforme une rencontre en bijou indie-rock avec « Heaven Is a Face »

William Carlos Whitten transforme une rencontre en bijou indie-rock avec « Heaven Is a Face »: Il est des rencontres qui semblent être orchestrées par des forces mystérieuses. C’est dans une laverie automatique, sous la lumière blafarde d’un néon indiquant « $2.25 per wash », que William Carlos Whitten croise Diana Crash, ex-funambule reconvertie en observatrice du quotidien. Le dialogue improbable entre ces deux âmes en décalage – lui tenant sous le bras […]

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With their new single, "Heaven Is a Face," Whitten and Crash open a door to an intimate, deliciously strange world, where each note seems to float between a state of trance and an exalted nervousness. William Carlos Whitten, former emblematic leader of St. Johnny and Grand Mal, confirms here his status as an outsider songwriter, both a discreet heir to Lou Reed and a hidden cousin of Alan Vega. He sculpts a melody imbued with a brutal sweetness, where Diana Crash's ethereal voice rises with a fragile intensity, unfolding beyond the boundaries of reality: "When I'm singing I can feel myself expanding beyond the limits of my body." Carried by minimalist, almost mystical instrumentation, this piece captures all the complexity of human emotions, exploring with finesse and subtlety the shadowy areas that we hide behind our everyday faces. "Heaven Is a Face" evokes these chance encounters, these precious moments when we reveal ourselves to be vulnerable, authentic, alive. With "Telepaths," William Carlos Whitten once again creates a singular work, somewhere between waking dream and raw truth. This song deserves to be listened to as one experiences a lucid dream: fully conscious, slightly destabilized, but terribly alive.