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First and foremost, Meyverlin is a magical and unforeseen meeting of three headstrong guys, whose personalities are as complementary as they are different - an ex-member of cult
French band Les Freluquets, eager to get back into action, an assumed lover of shooting stars, already spotted under the fitting alias My Raining Stars, and a passionate and motivated sweet and tender hooligan.

Aside from this near accidental friendship, Meyverlin is above all a three-syllable hydra that is led by three true music lovers who have faithfully ingested, wove together and spat out six decades of British pop with a panache that is truly only befitting to them. Gilles writes typically razor-sharp lyrics, while Philippe and Thierry compose, arrange, refine, and perform the entire repertoire with a palpable and infectious passion.

From the golden age of jangly pop, as epitomised by the likes of The Smiths and The Housemartins, to the poignant shores of dream pop embodied by the legendary Sarah Records catalogue, one is reminded of an entire bygone music scene, gone but not forgotten, that glows and burns as if it has just been birthed, and rising from its ashes are the eleven songs that make up their debut album "Daily Events". Despite the obvious and accepted influences, there’s a fresh, original, and emotional continent emerging here, exposing a fragile balance between gravity (the sharp lyrics, the deep basslines) and brightness (the hazy guitars, the intricate and groovy rhythms), that merges feverish craftsmanship with a delicate and natural skillset.
With "Daily Events", the trio has embedded poetic rebellion into routine everyday life, revealing a melancholy so heartbreaking that it would make the angels blush, and facing up to a possible dark fate with front-loaded acerbic yet moving words and airborne melodies.

François Dieudonné

New label from Brest, built on the ashes of beko disques.

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