After 25 years of existence, THE LAST TIME, a Power Pop group from the island of Yeu, France, has finally recorded 4 compositions at the legendary Blackbox studio.
Here is what Jean-William Thoury (lyricist notably for Bijou, Marie-France and Daniel Sani, sound producer, journalist and rock’n’roll critic) thinks of it:
“”An arpeggio, a voice in the third, a roll on the toms between the different parts of the song and, abracadabra, the magic happens, you just have to know it and, above all, love it… The Last Time have always loved it. Verse, chorus, bridge, solo, nothing is missing from their songs which have the elegance of never reaching the fateful three-minute mark. Everything here breathes grace and sincerity. With a shared passion for so-called pop music in the Small Faces or Jam meaning of the term, The Last Time is also one of the best songs of the Rolling Stones golden age period (1965). It also evokes a certain awareness, that of time passing. “Let’s be brilliant before it’s too late” is what Olivier Popincourt (vocals, guitar), Olivier Cha (guitar), Pierre Borny (bass) and Daniel Le Bris (drums), who have been playing together for 25 years, seem to have said to each other. But this is the first recording!”
Musicians:
- Olivier Popincourt: voice & guitar
- Olivier Cha: guitar
- Pierre Borny: bass
- Daniel Le Bris: drums
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Peter Deimel at Studio Black Box, France
Design: Serge Hoffman – Photos: Anne Marzeliere
Label: Truly Yours Records
Influences: Buzzcocks, The Jam, The Undertones, Joe Jackson, The Kinks, The Who…