Le quatuor Model/Actriz, basé à Brooklyn, revient cogner fort avec Cinderella, premier single de leur deuxième album Pirouette, prévu pour le 2 mai chez True Panther Records (et Dirty Hit hors des US).
Une cendrillon punk
Si tu ne connais pas encore Model/Actriz, imagine une fusion entre la tension d’un Nine Inch Nails, le coté disco de LCD Soundsystem et l’intensité moite d’un club sombre à 3h du mat’. Sur Cinderella, Cole Haden halète, implore et scande ses paroles sur un rythmique indus-noise écrasant (mais dansant), pendant que les guitares semblent arrachées à coups de burin plutôt que jouées.
Le morceau incarne l’ADN de Pirouette : un jeu de contrastes permanent, entre tension et fluidité, dissonance et harmonie. « On voulait une lumière différente de tout ce qu’on avait fait avant », explique Haden, « mais pas en supprimant l’obscurité – en augmentant le contraste. »
Côté texte, Haden s’inspire d’un date avec un inconnu magnétique qui lui a fait réaliser que certaines blessures n’avaient plus lieu d’être. « Peu importe si je le revois un jour, il restera le déclencheur mystérieux qui m’a libéré. » On remercie donc Michel, qui vend des espaces pubs pour Sephora pour le morceau.
Lyrics :
Astonishing
Utterly divine
Exhilarating
Preciously sublime
The way you speak it makes me want to cry
Velvet jacket lined with satin resting on your thigh
As for my overtures
And my painted-on, two-dimensional scenery
And my taste for vaudevillian delivery
The way you turn your chest on me
I′m embarrassed to be clever when you’re honest
You make me want to be ready
I feel different now than I did before
I can see how my power
Only was my fear of betrayal
In your eyes I am naked
Screaming like a tornado in the dark
I can see us laying face to face
As St. Helens is underneath the stars
And I notice you are gentle
By the way your posture is so elegant
And I notice you are noble, you are kind
Or at least entertained by your time sitting here with me
Okay I′ll share this –
When I was five I remember clearly
My want to have a Cinderella birthday party
And when the moment came and I changed my mind
I was quiet, alone, and devastated
You make me want to be ready
I feel different now than I did before
I can see how my power
Only was my fear of betrayal
In your eyes I am naked
Screaming like a tornado in the dark
I can see us laying face to face
As St. Helens is underneath the stars
Just know I’ve cleared the way
Just know I won’t leave as I came
Just know I′ll keep the mirror you gave
Just know I won′t leave as I came
I won’t leave as I came
I won′t leave as I came
You make me want to be ready
I feel different now than I did before
I can see how my power
Only was my fear of betrayal
In your eyes I am naked
Screaming like a tornado in the dark
I can see us laying face to face
As St. Helens is underneath the stars
Just know I’ve cleared the way
Just know I won′t leave as I came
