Montreal trio Bye Parula share their atmospheric, velvety new single ‘Quand vient le soir’, the third from their forthcoming album Something Out Of Nothing, out June 5. Performed entirely in French, the native language of singer and bassist Loïc Calatayud-Sola, the track is enhanced by the vocal contribution of Adèle Trottier-Rivard of Bibi Club.
Produced by Calatayud-Sola himself, the music video features Robbie Kuster, who also produced the album. ‘Quand vient le soir’ thus reveals itself as “a nostalgic love song.” “It feels like a letter you’d write to someone you once loved but never send—the kind of message that only feels right for a couple of minutes at night, maybe after a drink or a high, just before sleep,” he explains further. “My native language is French, even though I never really listened to music in French. But when I moved to Quebec, I felt it was important to try singing in that language. — I listened to older French singers, but I never listened to contemporary pop in French. Then I discovered Karkwa; to me, it was kind of like Grizzly Bear in French. And I thought to myself: “Wow, it’s crazy that this exists! OK, I could listen to this.” My perspective started to change—I heard Klô Pelgag and lots of other awesome projects that really inspired me. So for this song, I thought to myself, “OK, I think I have something that makes sense and works in French, and it would be great to have that kind of Air/Gainsbourg vibe.”
‘Quand vient le soir’ follows thematically-linked, dancefloor-ready additional album singles ‘KISSBURN‘ and ‘I Don’t Know,’ and shows a different side to the rising band—Calatayud-Sola, guitarist Sebastián Riquelme, and drummer Sergio D’Isanto. Produced by Kuster and mixed by Warren Spicer (Plants and Animals), Something Out Of Nothing features a team of collaborators, including Inuk singer/songwriter Elisapie, Bibi Club’s Adèle Trottier-Rivard, Morgan Moore and Karkwa keyboardist François Lafontaine. Watch the accompanying video here.
Something Out of Nothing is divided into two parts for the listener’s experience: ‘Songs to Listen to in a Standing Position’ and ‘Songs to Listen to in a Sitting Position.’ Two atmospheres that seem diametrically opposed yet are ultimately and intimately connected. Whether racing through the night or settling into dawn’s light, each track is woven from the same thread: love made alive by care. In this way, the album unfolds as a complete story. Its standing-position songs celebrate how love moves us, while its sitting-position songs reveal how love holds us. Together, they remind us of the necessity of both movement and stillness, of brightness and depth embracing the joy that lifts us and the pain that grounds us. Urging us to dance. Urging us to pause.
Pre-order / pre-save Something Out Of Nothing here.
Stream / download ‘Quand vient le soir’ here.
