33 RPM Vinyl | Léonard Lasry - Au hasard cet espoir

With each new album, Léonard Lasry retraces the silhouettes of his musical universe. Through a palette of 16 songs, the journey is eventful, as if punctuated by different moods.
"Au hasard cet espoir" (Randomly this hope) is, as its name suggests, geared towards a solar, positive and optimistic energy of existence. The songs get straight to the point and deliver their message unequivocally. Built around the melodies he composes on the piano, Léonard makes his favorite instrument the centerpiece of an orchestral pop in the great tradition of 70s variety.br data-mce-fragment="1">Léonard nurtures the same passion for the discographies of Elton John or The Divine Comedy, but also for the treasures of Italian variety as well as those of Julien Clerc, one of his most precious references when it comes to evoking French-speaking heritage. His choruses are often playful: "We kiss whatever we do / life often overwhelms us" ("A faire comme si" - To act as if), "We will still love / The satin of our hands / The caress of our bodies / This sudden tremor" ("Avant de me faire oublier" - Before I forget myself). It is often about body, flesh, desire and simply love. Great loves in particular. "Uncertain memory keeps in its strongboxes the oldest 'I love you's' love and all its wrongs" he sings in "Je m'en rappelle à peine" (I barely remember it) simply accompanied by two guitars. Composed between Paris and the Amalfi Coast, the melodies of the album's 16 songs carry
their listener with evidence and romanticism. "There is something very Latin in this album, whether by its themes, its aestheticism, certainly also influenced by Italy, where a large part of the melodies were composed."