Thierry Larose released his third album, Le X du Y, this week on Bravo musique. Three songs came out ahead of it: “Si j’avais un clou,” “Conversation dans le noir” and “J’en sais rien.” A video for the title track arrived with the album; in it, Larose recites a list of album titles that shaped Quebec’s recorded music.
For the record, Larose brought back the band he has worked with since Le roy, la rose et le lou[p]: Charles-Antoine Olivier, Sam Beaulé, Alexandre Martel, Lou-Adriane Cassidy and PE Beaudoin on drums. Martel produced. David Boulet-Tremblay mixed. Arrangements are credited to Cassidy, Martel, Larose and Léo Leblanc.
Larose wrote nearly every song. The exception is “Monongahela,” an unfinished 1988 song by Sylvain Lelièvre, the singer-songwriter from Limoilou. Lelièvre’s family gave it to Larose to complete.
The Le X du Y tour starts 17-10 at Le Minotaure in Gatineau and runs across Quebec until May. The Montreal launch is at MTelus on 05-02-27, the night before the Quebec City launch at Imperial Bell.
Closer to Montreal before then: Eglise Saint-Antoine in Lavaltrie (23-10) and Le Moulinet in Terrebonne (07-11). In 2027 he also plays Club Dix30 in Brossard (27-02) and Annexe 3 in Laval (17-03).
Le X du Y tracklist
- Le X du Y
- Si j’avais un clou
- J’en sais rien
- L’affaire c’est que
- Monongahela (Sylvain Lelièvre, 1988)
- Dernier métro
- Le X du Y 2
- Adèle écoute
- Conversation dans le noir
- Brille encore
Tour dates
- 17-10 · Le Minotaure, Gatineau
- 23-10 · Eglise Saint-Antoine, Lavaltrie
- 24-10 · Maison de la culture, Waterloo
- 07-11 · Le Moulinet, Terrebonne
- 26-11 · Le Cote-Cour, Jonquiere
- 27-11 · Le Trou du Diable, Shawinigan
- 04-12 · Espace Mandeville, Drummondville
- 12-12 · Beat & Betterave, Frelighsburg
- 05-02-27 · MTelus, Montreal (launch)
- 06-02-27 · Imperial Bell, Quebec City (launch)
- 20-02-27 · Theatre Granada, Sherbrooke
- 27-02-27 · Club Dix30, Brossard
- 13-03-27 · Theatre du Marais, Val-Morin
- 17-03-27 · Annexe 3, Laval
- 19-03-27 · Moulin Michel de Gentilly, Becancour
- 16-04-27 · Vieux bureau de poste, Levis
- 17-04-27 · Theatre des Grands Bois, Saint-Casimir
- 30-04-27 · Le Zaricot, Saint-Hyacinthe
- 08-05-27 · Les Bains Publics, Rimouski
- 14-05-27 · Vieux Clocher de Magog, Magog
Photo credit – Étienne Dufresne
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