It starts like a mass. Or like an alcoholic evening, we don’t really know. Then the words “I Will Do Anything To Be With You”, and everything is clear. “Back Garden” is the album of a fanatic. Between blasphemy and the sacred, the religious and the party, Degree is passionate and in love. In sixteen powerful tracks, the singer, who was no longer expected since his EP “Draw To An End” in 2020, signs an inspired first album in which pop, folk, electro and hyperpop mix.
Between Shakespeare and Molière, his heart swings. Fortunately, the people of Nantes don’t forget to have talent in both languages. As he writes, he takes us through a number of mysterious places: a languorous Spain (“Spanish Class”), an abyss of melancholy (“Sheltered Love”), even taking us to the dark recesses of his family history. (“Part Of It”).
But where Degree packs the barometer is in the oh-so-difficult art of top lines. “Let’s do the cover of Gala”he sings in his hypnotic and recognizable voice
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