New album ‘Été Meurtrier (Deadly Summer)’ out 30th September
French alt-pop electronic duo 3615 Nuits Blanches are pleased to announce a brand new release with the arrival of ‘Fin Août Début Septembre (Late August, Early September)’, lifted from their forthcoming album ‘Été Meurtrier (One Deadly Summer)’ out via !K7 this September.
3615 Nuits Blanches flourish on their gorgeous new single, drawing on a myriad of influences from French touch, new wave and synth pop; possessing an unnerving ability to blend styles and soundscapes to their will.
They say: “Fin Août Début Septembre is all about that moment when you’re packing stuff after a summer vacation, ready to leave the hotel room. That precise moment between the end of freedom and the (re)start of normal life. You think about all the good times, the fun you had, when you forgot about everything else, wishing you could keep those memories in a bottle and make them last forever.”
‘Sur cette plage sonore encore j’entends nos accords résonner’ (On this soundtrack again I hear our chords resonate).
This last sentence that comes to wash up against the waves can sum up this Été Meurtrier (Deadly Summer) on its own. Five years after a releasing their debut album, Antonine and Arnault return with a much more personal, intimate album, and sung in French. “We didn’t suffer from the pressure of the second album”, says Antonine. “Singing in French changed everything, as if we were making a record for the first time”.
Halfway between languorous pop and French Boogie, this new album pitches between synthetic escapades and urban immobility. Sometimes stuck between four walls to better escape along the coast, the lightness of the text intertwines with analog musings. Sometimes nervous, the groove of the first minutes contrasts with the lightness of the ideas. Elli and Jacno, Chagrin d’amour, Eurythmics or even Deux, mixed artist duo influences are meshed with the modernity of the themes addressed.
Envisioned as a summer album, Été Meurtrier is anything but a sunny record. Tinted with an assumed melancholy, this second opus once again confirms the mastered nostalgia of the group’s DNA. They add: “We draw on nostalgia to achieve timelessness. Writing in the moment but doing things as if it were 1983. It’s reassuring. If we tried to sound like 2022, we would sound corny”.
Written in September 2017, recorded in 2018, finalised in 2021, Été Meurtrier extends like an unforgettable summer love. Always in search of innocent simplicity, writing has been the cornerstone. The band explain: “Ideas flow, usually within hours. We take a few days back, if we still like them, we develop them. Starting an album is so easy, it’s paradoxical with the complexity of finishing it”.
And “Été Meurtrier” is indeed a successful album. The references intersect while avoiding clichés, the themes are sharpened with a laser saber, the production borders on Lo-Fi while remaining modern. But above all, ‘Été Meurtrier’ is a timeless record. No matter the season.
3615 Nuits Blanches – Été Meurtrier, out on September 30th 2022. Available on limited edition purple vinyl, black vinyl, !K7 and digital.
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About 3615 Nuits Blanches:
Sleepless nights, tears and glitter. This is how to define 3615 Nuits Blanches. Antonine and Arnault started working together in 2015 and released their first album “About Last Night” two years later. They return in 2018 with the EP “Confession Intime”. Antonine has worked on several projects, released several solo singles, an EP and a handful of covers with H1987, collaborated with neo-soul duo Pacific Shore and is currently working with French band Noroy. Arnault is better known under the pseudonym Douze, especially for his collaborations with French Touch titans Alan Braxe & Kris Menace, while doing remixes and productions for Sally Shapiro, Simon Lord (Simian), Robin Thicke, Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) to name a few.