French duet Bad Juice plays with sounds and cameras on their new record Amour Noir. A thriller or sci-fi western, the record has a great groove. Review.
AMOUR NOIR – BAD JUICE
With Amour Noir, the French duet Bad Juice blends all kinds of love with the anxiety of losing their loved ones. If that justified anxiety appears through notes, the general tone of the record is rather upbeat, never letting itself spiral and despair. It’s that mix of emotions associated with a persuasive blues garage that worked for me. The first track, Amour Noir, is both sexy and worrisome, with some beautiful bass lines and sound experiences in the third part of the song. It’s the story of a cop in love with a murder victim, an impossible and heartbreaking love story. Risky, and daring, it just works and is a wonderful introduction.
Up next, Mad Love uses blues to bring back memories – both real and made up. The catchy Single Barrel gets the band to step out of their garage sound. From here, the record delves more into blues, rock and even country music. It shows too on City On Fire, where the fear of loneliness and the end of the world takes a rather romantic form. Pretending to Have Someone, however, owns its darker side on a pretty intimate result. It goes hand in hand with Scenes from the Very End of the Universe (and what happens next). The idea of something after the end of times shows how much hope the band’s spirit is made of.
Delia is set as a classic romantic tune and is preceded by a nice surprise. Indeed, Bad Juice puts forward a feminine voice on Since You’ve Been Gone: Zeynep Kaya’s, so far on the record for the backing vocals. From this sensual soul song to a sci-fi western flick with Dark Train, Bad Juice confirms here their love for great cinematography and music. Each song could be synchronized on the silver screen. Even Cockroach, ending the album, is a rock’n’roll for film Noir. With Amour Noir, Bad Juice signs a pretty cool third album, full of inspiration.
The band will be touring France in June.
