Harmonium's debut is a promising folk record with brave ventures into prog territory, they will embrace it fully on Les Cinq Saisons but they are already proving their worth. Very beautiful listen.
A unique blend of prog folk and prog rock with a multitude of cascading instrumental passages that are nothing short of beautiful. The language barrier acts as, well, a natural barrier- but this is still worth your time if you have any sort of proclivity to prog of any sort
Harmonium se dévoile au monde comme étant un groupe déjà composé de valeurs profondes et assurées; la simplicité est au coeur de leurs histoires, j'adore cette phrase de 'Aujourd Hui Je Dis Bonjour A La Vie': "J'ai regardé si loin que je n'ai rien trouvé". C'est poétique, ça s'image tellement bien. 'Vieilles Courroies' et 'Pour Un Instant' sont deux autres titres où les paroles sont à couper le ... read more
This album is very beautiful in its arrangements, I wish I knew what he was saying, but I know that they are quite the supporters of Quebec separatism which is very interesting since most of the English parts of Canada are exposed to their ideas. Overall this album is very good, especially the first track.
Learning French and becoming enamored with anything québécois was all just a build up to listening to Harmonium apparently
| 1 | Harmonium / Harmonium (Suite) 6:30 | 93 |
| 2 | Si doucement 4:20 | 87 |
| 3 | Aujourd’hui, je dis bonjour à la vie 5:45 | 85 |
| 4 | Vieilles courroies 5:40 | 89 |
| 5 | Attends-moi 4:29 | 86 |
| 6 | Pour un instant 3:16 | 88 |
| 7 | De la chambre au salon 5:35 | 84 |
| 8 | Un musicien parmi tant d’autres 7:02 | 92 |