Artist : Lunear

Album : Curve.Axis.Symmetry

Release Date : 23-04-2020

Added : 09-06-2020

‘Lunear’ is a French band that released a first album ’Many Miles Away’ in 2018 and I discover them with its successor ‘Curve.Axis.Symmetry’ which has just been released. Their style is between pop and rock with lyrics in English and this last baby is a concept album dedicated, I quote their site, « to a woman who cannot die. First, she thought it was a blessing: the dream of eternal life... But, nothing lasts forever, not even our earth...".

Musically, they offer us delicate and restful atmospheres with magnificent melodies which touch you immediately by mixing progressive influences with pop and to take an example in the progressive world, the style of 'Lunear' is similar what 'Steven Wilson' and 'Aviv Geffen' can do with their 'Blackfield' project. The instrumental 'Lemniscate', which symbolizes infinity, begins the album and serves as an introduction for 'First Death' which offers us a first beautiful melody which can recall the first pop groups of the 60s with in mind the 'Beatles', then 'Same Player. Shoot Again.’ continues in this warm atmosphere with guitars a little more supported and ‘Nothing Left to Do’ deploys harmonious melodic lines which immediately settles in your head. After the melancholy instrumental short 'A Passage of Time', 'The Rise and Fall of Earth', which closes the first part 'Before the Fall', continues in this peaceful and tranquil atmosphere then 'Earth's Population: 1' which foreshadows 'After The Fall' is more catchy with beautiful vocal harmonies and reminds me of 'Barclay James Harvest' while 'Earth End' reverts to a darker style with a slow tempo. The end of the album scrolls 'Adrift' with a slight crescendo in a waltz rhythm which gives us this impression of perpetual dance, the nonchalant 'From Its Sky' which echoes by its melody to 'Nothing Left to Do' but in a more refined version and which offers us a magnificent 'Floydian' guitar solo in the second half of the title, the ballad 'Forever' which is a bit of a summary of this story with a magnificent soothing melody ending with this strange sensation when we evoke the infinite, and finally, the short acoustic epilogue repeating the words of 'First Death' but in a much more stripped down style.

In summary, the French of 'Lunear' offers us a magnificent concept album with an original theme set to music in a remarkable way : 'Curve.Axis.Symmetry.' is to be enjoyed headphones on your ears and should please to an entire audience navigating between pop and rock and fans of peaceful atmospheres with beautiful melodies accessible at first listen...

Line Up / Musicians

Sébastien Bournier (Vocal, Drums), Paul J.No (Vocal, Keybords), Jean-Philippe Benadjer (Vocal, Guitar, Bass)