I’m reviewing the second release by Mademoiselle Marchand on Inner Demons, and utterly different from the previous one (as reviewed in Vital 1434). First, we’re talking 5 inches here, so there’s a lot more music to be heard. Three long drones, all 20+ minutes, so let’s see what the mysterious Miss Marchand did this time. And yes, she’s still a mystery because there is absolutely nothing to be found on this project. Although she now has a personal Bandcamp page dedicated to her released and a button to contact her. Who knows, maybe she’ll release stuff outside of Inner Demons at some point.
The three drones aren’t directly related to each other, and according to the promo text, they were created with quite some time in between. They all got poetic titles so let’s just go through them. The first one is called ‘If I Sing Please Don’t Cry, It’s Just Poetry’ has a chrystal-like / ringing / singing bowl kind of basic and is because of the choice of sounds quite soothing. The second track has the paradox title ‘Last Year I Died, but This Year I Promise I Won’t Die’ and it’s a track … Well, you love it or you hate it. The promo text here says it all, and as I couldn’t have written this any better: ‘Track two, aka “Your House is Being Invaded by Thousands of Mosquitoes and You’re Trying to Sleep”, I know it sounds like the track is going to sound horrible, and it probably is for most of you, but it’s an experience I think is worth a shot, it’ll be annoying, and you’ll want to stop listening, that’s kind of the point of track 2.’ True fact: My wife came into my office while I was listening asking which insects where being abused … Final track is in my opinion the most beautiful. “And if I Die please Don’t Cry, It’s Just the Moon” is the most dynamic, has a few great phrases in the composition and is less irritating then the previous track. Minimalist, slow changes, enough variation and modulation to remain interesting at all moments. And with it’s 30 minutes the longest of the three.
As of writing this review, Mademoiselle Marchand has four releases out, and as all of them are quite different, I’m curious how she will develop as an artist. Until now, her releases are all about exploration and following direct emotions. So this might be interesting for the future.
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