{"id":6632,"date":"2015-06-01T21:18:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=6632"},"modified":"2015-06-01T21:18:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:18:31","slug":"the-darkness-last-of-our-kind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=6632","title":{"rendered":"The Darkness – Last of our Kind"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Groupe:<\/b> THE DARKNESS<\/p>\n

Album:<\/b> LAST OF OUR KIND<\/p>\n

Label:<\/b> Canary Dwarf Records<\/p>\n

Sortie le:<\/b> 01\/06\/2015<\/p>\n

Note:<\/b>\u00a011\/20<\/p>\n

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The Darkness est sans nul doute le combo le plus \u00ab\u00a0Mehrdeutig\u00a0\u00bb (qui, dans la langue de Goethe bien s\u00fbr – et pas dans la notre, nous ne voulons pas de soucis avec le label\u2026 – signifie \u00ab\u00a0ambigu\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0devant \u00eatre analys\u00e9 au second sens\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0n\u00e9cessitant un approfondissement\u00a0\u00bb) de ces quinze derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. En effet, plus de douze ans apr\u00e8s la parution de leur premier et flamboyant \u00ab\u00a0Permission to Land\u00a0\u00bb, on ne sait toujours pas si ce groupe est un gag ou The Last Gang in Town car les indices et \u00e9l\u00e9ments \u00ab\u00a0pour\u00a0\u00bb et \u00ab\u00a0contre\u00a0\u00bb s\u2019\u00e9quilibrent de fa\u00e7on tr\u00e8s troublante\u00a0!<\/p>\n

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Pour le contre, d\u2019abord, certains mettront en avant la voix de castra du chanteur, les clips d\u00e9biles avec crabes et pieuvres de l\u2019espace en carton, le nom en \u00ab\u00a0The\u00a0\u00bb typiquement n\u00e9o-rock ann\u00e9es 2000, les fringues horribles (\u00ab\u00a0Maman, on a voulu imiter les looks de Brian May et Steven Tyler en m\u00e9langeant tout, t\u2019as vu\u00a0?!?\u00a0\u00bb), un humour \u00e0 la Benny Hill, une musique hybride entre AC\/DC et Queen, des singles de Christmas Pompiers qui ne peuvent \u00eatre vendus qu\u2019Outre-manche, les multiples changements de personnel (mais aussi de labels et m\u00eame de nom fut un temps), le tout sous poudreuse type Spinal Tap en vrai, sans oublier un bassiste qui s\u2019appelle Frankie Poullain et le fait que Lemmy en personne les a s\u00e9v\u00e8rement amoch\u00e9 dans son film\u2026<\/p>\n

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Contre le contre, on fera remarquer que sur leur premier album, tous ces \u00e9l\u00e9ments pr\u00e9cit\u00e9s ont donn\u00e9 naissance \u00e0 une formule attachante qui s\u2019est vendue \u00e0 pas moins de 3,5 millions d\u2019exemplaires (oui, le chiffre des ventes rev\u00eat une importance pour ces musiciens flamboyants\u00a0: vous ne lisez pas ici la kro de l\u2019album de Sandrine Kiberlain), et ce dans le contexte du crach de l\u2019\u00e9conomie du disque des ann\u00e9es deux-mille. The Darkness poss\u00e8de une personnalit\u00e9 propre. On n\u2019oubliera pas les duels de guitares entre les fr\u00e8res Justin et Dan Hawkins (certes piqu\u00e9s \u00e0 Thin Lizzy). Et artistiquement, des morceaux tels \u00ab\u00a0Black Shuck\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0Get Your Hands of my Women\u00a0\u00bb et surtout \u00ab\u00a0I Believe in a Thing Called Love\u00a0\u00bb sont des purs bijoux (je voulais \u00e9crire \u00ab\u00a0mod\u00e8les du genre\u00a0\u00bb mais je n\u2019ai toujours pas r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 d\u00e9finir ce genre\u00a0!), sans parler du refrain et du final de la balade \u00ab\u00a0Love Is Only A Feeling\u00a0\u00bb qui sont de v\u00e9ritables chefs-d\u2019\u0153uvre.<\/p>\n

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Mais revenons \u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0Last Of Our Kind\u00a0\u00bb, le quatri\u00e8me album de The Darkness, qui fait suite \u00e0 un \u00ab\u00a0Hot Cakes\u00a0\u00bb qui marquait un retour au Glam british (on va dire\u00a0: c\u2019est \u00e7a leur genre\u2026) ainsi qu\u2019au d\u00e9part de Ed, le batteur historique. Produit par Dan Hawkins lui-m\u00eame (tr\u00e8s bonne prod), ce disque s\u2019affirme une fois de plus comme une collection d\u2019emprunts.<\/p>\n

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Il s\u2019ouvre sur le lourd riff de \u00ab\u00a0Barbarian\u00a0\u00bb, le premier single quelque part entre AC\/DC (\u00ab\u00a0Big Gun\u00a0\u00bb) et Alice in Chains (si\u00a0!). Morceau d\u2019ouverture convainquant donc, si l\u2019on excepte la grosse voix ridicule du pont (l\u00e0, ils ont d\u00fb vouloir faire comme Alice Cooper\u2026) et l\u2019esp\u00e8ce de cri de guenon qui sert de refrain-Gimmick (typiquement The Darkness non\u00a0?). La fine guitare qui ouvre \u00ab\u00a0Open Fire\u00a0\u00bb fait \u00e9tonnement penser \u00e0 The Cure\u00a0: dommage que le chant un peu bourrin rel\u00e8gue cette nouveaut\u00e9 au second rang. La guitare s\u00e8che de \u00ab\u00a0Last Of Our Kind\u00a0\u00bb et le phras\u00e9 de Justin font repenser \u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0Friday Night\u00a0\u00bb, sur leur premier album. La production basse\/batterie de \u00ab\u00a0Roaring Waters\u00a0\u00bb emprunte quant \u00e0 elle \u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0Who Made Who\u00a0\u00bb d\u2019AC\/DC, et son riff \u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0Back in the Saddle\u00a0\u00bb d\u2019Aerosmith. Enfin \u00ab\u00a0Mudslide\u00a0\u00bb, le septi\u00e8me morceau, aurait pu figurer sur le second Skid Row, l\u2019excitation Bachesque en moins\u2026<\/p>\n

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Malheureusement, la mayonnaise ne prend qu\u2019assez rarement sur ces dix titres, pourtant sympas. Le pseudo-\u00e9pique \u00ab\u00a0Mighty Wings\u00a0\u00bb est assez difficile \u00e0 \u00e9couter, entre grosse guitare bourrine un peu Dark et chant Mercurien (en moins Freddie). Pour le reste des compos, un coup on dirait M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fbe p\u00e9riode \u00ab\u00a0Dr Feelgood\u00a0\u00bb (\u00ab\u00a0Sarah O\u2019Sarah\u00a0\u00bb) avec moins de conviction, un autre les Faces (\u00ab\u00a0Hammer and Tongs\u00a0\u00bb) sans Ron Wood et Rod Stewart. Quant \u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0Conquerors\u00a0\u00bb, qui cl\u00f4t ce disque, il s\u2019agit d\u2019une Power Ballad sans v\u00e9ritable inspiration. On regrettera donc, et avec sinc\u00e9rit\u00e9, l\u2019absence d\u2019un ou de plusieurs titres f\u00e9d\u00e9rateurs. Les frangins Hawkins savent toujours jouer et r\u00e9p\u00e8tent \u00e0 l\u2019envi leur formule gagnante mais sans titre(s) phare(s) sur cet album. Et sans ferveur afin de d\u00e9crocher le Mickey, serait-on tent\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9crire…<\/p>\n

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On restera donc sur les \u00ab\u00a0contre\u00a0\u00bb et les \u00ab\u00a0pour\u00a0\u00bb cit\u00e9s plus haut. A moins qu\u2019un jackpot plan\u00e9taire en terme de ventes de disques, soutenu par des clips rock\u2019n\u2019roll cultes et sexy et d\u2019une tourn\u00e9e mondiale fusionnelle et d\u00e9cadente digne des plus grandes heures du Glam Rock, ne viennent lever ces ambigu\u00eft\u00e9s. Fichu groupe \u00ab\u00a0Mehrdeutig\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Groupe: THE DARKNESS Album: LAST OF OUR KIND Label: Canary Dwarf Records Sortie le: 01\/06\/2015 Note:\u00a011\/20   The Darkness est sans nul doute le combo le plus \u00ab\u00a0Mehrdeutig\u00a0\u00bb (qui, dans la langue de Goethe bien s\u00fbr – et pas dans la notre, nous ne voulons pas de soucis avec le label\u2026 – signifie \u00ab\u00a0ambigu\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0devant \u00eatre analys\u00e9 au second sens\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0n\u00e9cessitant un approfondissement\u00a0\u00bb) de ces quinze derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. 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