Astrel K - je t'aime

"Astrel K irradie sa dream pop fugueuse à la mélancolie lumineuse"

The Foreign Department is the second album by Astrel K, the solo project helmed by Stockholm-based British ex-pat, Rhys Edwards. Those already familiar with Edwards’ work will likely know him for fronting the cultishly great Ulrika Spacek, and given he operates as the principal songwriter in both projects, much of the same hallmarks of his cathartic, elliptical songwriting are present in Astrel K. Nonetheless, The Foreign Department feels like a rubicon moment of sorts, and the album that Edwards has unconsciously been working towards his entire creative life.

The Foreign Department is the second album by Astrel K, the solo project helmed by Stockholm-based British ex-pat, Rhys Edwards. Those already familiar with Edwards’ work will likely know him for fronting the cultishly great Ulrika Spacek, and given he operates as the principal songwriter in both projects, much of the same hallmarks of his cathartic, elliptical songwriting are present in Astrel K. Nonetheless, The Foreign Department feels like a rubicon moment of sorts, and the album that Edwards has unconsciously been working towards his entire creative life.

JE T’AIME

JE T’AIME vise à créer un lien entre la musique et la poésie en s’aidant de sons pour matérialiser le texte et en s’aidant des textes pour conférer à la musique davantage de sens.Tout cela se rencontre dans une esthétique qui mélange le côté brut du rock, l’improvisation du jazz, le langage dissonant de la musique classique contemporaine, contrasté par des caprices et des envies de kitsch à peine débordant, résultant dans un groupe de contes rock- psyché.

« ...le désir, la tentative de vivre une aventure musicale sincère et juste, d’élever de l’abime, ses notes et nos voix engourdies... »