Dreams Made Of Snowflakes, a dream come true
A quick chat with Joshua, singer of Booster Fawn and a close up on their new album
An Outlaw Desires era Bob Dylan feel sticks to the licks of guitar coated in a soft reverb that grasp softly around the voice of Joshua Marc Séguin who emancipates his Velvet Underground Lou Reedesque persona. An album that is lean, clean and greener than what Velvet Underground have ever offered, and better than that, it has a direction from beginning to end compared to Dylan who had the feel but yet over the years left us perplexed about where to go with his lyrics and artistic direction.
In between growing up, relocating several times, going to school, Joshua Marc Séguin had the time to realize he wanted to become a musician. The idea came up at the age of 18, as he was heading out of his glorious teen years, having seen so many underground bands, hearing music along wild parties and meeting school comrades that would become the key to his artistic development. As he finished his studies in Anthropology, he understood that it would take hard and long work before getting any kind of decent work in the field so he thought why not go out and spend this time making music. Since then, he studied his artistic creation process fully, at times with bandmates, and other times all alone perfecting his mastery of the instruments such as the piano and guitar, allowing him to master his songwriting process. And this album proves that it’s had a beneficial impact upon the group's success. The lack of direction and public pleasing sounds staining the past of Booster Fawn records truly shows the impact time and dedication had on our Cohenesque singer. This record truly is a great example of refinement, dedication, love and mostly, a proof that through life, through the diverse trials and hardships, individuals may learn to craft upon their own experiences, and erect a obelisk that will be admired by all those who happen to pass by.
So real quick, Dreams Of Snowflakes is a refined product lurking in between the wildness of the experimental sixties, and the balanced, refined, indie-touch music standards that now haunts every modern musician. The whole is horned by words that would stand its ground besides Crosby Still Nash and Young’s music and poets such as Buckley, Mitchel, Joan Baez and many more. I can’t help but believe there’s an intricate plot of a man, losing and gaining hindsight about himself and the conception of his life making me wonder if Genesis and their debut albums weren’t a source of inspiration as of the the conception of the album. Here on this lovely album, love and personal growth seem to haunt the character, perhaps its songwriter delved deep into his own ways. All this beauty and polished arrangements were possible due to Sub River Records giving their best, as always, recording and mixing the material.
About the music itself, Eric Desjardins the guitarist, successfully decorates the various stories with oriental modern country tainted melodies that sooth out the experience of wandering through the stories and romance that occur along the way. A whole Kate Bush feel of grandiosity is felt as pianos and synthesizers act as rhythm, melody, horns at times and backing quartet along Favorite Screen, Nothing Will Make This Easier, What’s The Point. The drums handled by Alex Gaudiot are simple and tight yet effective when needed to lift a scene, or the whole song and same goes for the bass parts played by Elie Madison.
Are we allowed an uplifting in the modern Folk Indie scene, after listening to this album, I’d say yes. For me, my personal favorite remains If I Ever Have A Child I Will Name It After You due to its well balanced piano and guitar dancing along with Joshua's melodic voice. The drums collide hand in hand with the piano that skips over the beats, thus pushing us to the edge of our seats, as the singer glides poetically, raking the avid listeners and his music crew along his fantasy.
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