Nouveau Monde: Vinyl LP

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Label: Bonsound
Release Date: 14th March

What an absolute blast from Corridor frontman Jonathan Personne, who has made a mixtape album, not in the sense of a hiphop mixtape but that of the Beastie Boys or Beck in the early 90s where they'd flex their genre bending muscles. Jonathan goes from heavy garage rock to sunshining power pop to folk to weirdo bedroom sounds to dark gothic country to woozy psychedelic ballads. Honestly, one of the best things I've heard all year,. 

Nouveau monde is the fourth album from Jonathan Personne, also known as the singer, guitarist and lyricist from the Montreal-based indie rock band Corridor. Bringing together previously unreleased songs from different eras, the LP is by no means an outtakes album. Assuming the mismatched quality of his compositions, Jonathan Personne opted for a “bedroom” production just polished enough to create a cohesive bond that makes this melodic jumble a real tour de force. The result is an album whose “mixtape” structure echoes that of ’90s classics such as Check Your Head by the Beastie Boys or early Beck records, which shaped Jonathan Personne’s youth.