ALONE WITH EVERYBODY

Comparé par Mike Coykendall (M. Ward, She & Him, Bright Eyes...) à Gerry Rafferty et encouragé par le magazine Magic (rpm) au tout début du projet, le duo frère et sœur Toulousain Alone With Everybody ne se préoccupe pas trop des modes et des tendances musicales actuelles; trop occupé qu’il est à bâtir, une à une, des chansons pop douces et délicates aux arrangements légers mais précis.

Forgé par des concerts du Nebraska (tournée dans le midwest américain en 2010) à Londres (où ils ont écumé les petits clubs), en passant par quelques premières parties en France (Pete Doherty, Maissiat, Lilly Wood & The Prick et bientôt Peter Von Poehl), le duo a affiné ses chansons, soigné son anglais, et rêve de s'émanciper quelque part entre l'émotion d'un Josh Rouse période 1972/Nashville, le classicisme d'un Richard Hawley et la quiétude de Kings of Convenience...

 

Brother & sister duo (Camille & Louisa Bénâtre), Alone With Everybody is more than a family history. It's about long years devoted to pop music through the first cds they bought and the vinyls their parents listened to. They grew up with the Beatles & Crosby Stills and Nash then wrote the first songs in Paul McCartney's tongue altough living in south France.

Their debut album - Isolation Row, to be released on March the 22nd - is a collection of delicate pop songs with elements of midwest folk and americana. Everything’s built around the lead vocal melody; the heart of the song. Then comes acoustic guitars, synth arrangements and sometimes a piano. Discrete percussions can be heard, but no drums. 
Compared to Gerry Rafferty by Mike Coykendall (M. Ward, She & Him, Blitzen Trapper), Alone With Everybody oscillates between american and english folk songwriting, between London & Portland folk scenes, between Lennon & McCartney or just... between minor & major chords. They idolize Nashville hero Josh Rouse as much as Sheffield crooner Richard Hawley. And Woody Allen.