“To grieve for this is burden enough.” Arriving Friday, June 21, via Nuclear Blast Records, Alcest’s 7th LP Les chants de l’aurore heralds the breaking of a new day. Translated either as The Dawn Songs or, as I prefer, Songs of Dawn, Les Chants abounds with the chances, possibilities, potentialities, and unknowable futures afforded to us by the dawning of the sun. As Neige writes about Les chants, “The place where I’m taking my inspiration from is a place of pure harmony and light. I’m just like everyone else—I’m very anxious, I have my issues and demons, but there is … Continue reading “We have each one life”: Alcest’s Les chants de l’aurore