Laurie LeBlanc - Long Weekend (2022)

Let an Acadian singer sing in English, that's up to him. The phrasing goes like a letter in the mail, the Floatin', Have Some Fun and similar could come straight from Nashville. Nothing special, nothing to complain about. Only here, Laurie LeBlanc has divided her album into equal parts in the two official languages ​​of the country: we tick. It is that in French, Laurie becomes again… Acadian. The accent, the words, the syntax brandish an identity. Separate. Point of comparison: the title song, offered in two versions. The American, "new country" format, is effective and winning. But the Acadian is a thousand times nicer, good-natured, authentic. So what ? This is the problem with Canadian multiculturalism: it does not exist. So that funny torn disc falls into the crevice in the middle. Symbol: the owl À la Beach Boys, with Les Hay Babies in the choir, is at the same time the most Californian in tone and the most Acadian in verb. Existential paradox… and guaranteed pleasure.