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Mayday (Myriam Gendron Album)
''Mayday'' is a 2024 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Myriam Gendron. It has received positive reviews from critics and features original lyrics about Gendron's mother's death, environmentalism, and lullabyes. Reception In ''Exclaim!'', Vish Kanna rated this release an 8 out of 10, stating that the "weary and uncompromising" songs on it are "about the foundational elements we work with whenever we must rebuild our ruined selves". Editors at ''Pitchfork'' scored this release 7.7 out of 10, and Linnie Greene stated that "there are moments on ''Mayday'' that feel essential, plucked out of the ether as if they've always existed", with Gendron "reenvisioning what's timeless for this precise moment". Bruce Miller of ''PopMatters'' gave ''Mayday'' a 7 out of 10, stating that Gendron has shown growth as a performer since her previous albums. In ''Spin'', Reed Jackson rated ''Mayday'' an A–, stating that Gendron's exploration of a proper recording studio and several backing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myriam Gendron
Myriam Gendron is a Canadian musician and songwriter based in Montreal. Biography Myriam Gendron was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. in 1988. She spent part of her childhood and adolescence in Gatineau, in Paris, and in Washington, D.C. In 2014, her first album ''Not So Deep as a Well'' set poems by Dorothy Parker to music. Most vinyl editions of the album included a raving one sheet insert by pioneer rock critic Richard Meltzer: “the disc you now hold is the hottest—and FINEST!—Impossible Love collection in, I dunno, 30 years. 35! (True.) … ARE U READY 4 WOE?Two other poems by Parker were also set to music and released in 2015: “Bric-à-brac” and “The Small Hours”. A second album was released in 2021, titled ''Ma Délire. Songs of Love, Lost and Found'' and largely oriented around her contemporary interpretations of popular Canadian music. It notably includes “Au cœur de ma délire”, a traditional song first popularized by Dominique Tremblay an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into Electrical signal, electrical signals, which ultimately are reproduced as sound by loudspeakers. The sound is sometimes shaped or electronically altered to achieve different timbres or tonal qualities via amplifier settings or knobs on the guitar. Often, this is done through the use of Effects unit, effects such as reverb, Distortion (music), distortion and "overdrive"; the latter is considered to be a key element of electric blues guitar music and jazz, rock music, rock and Heavy metal music, heavy metal guitar playing. Designs also exist combining attributes of electric and acoustic guitars: the Semi-acoustic guitar, semi-acoustic and Acoustic-electric guitar, acoustic-electric guitars. Inven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
