Laurent Bourque - Matador
LAURENT BOURQUE MIRRORS BLIND LOVE ON ‘MATADOR’
Singer-songwriter and artist Laurent Bourque just released a new single, called “Matador,” the title track from his forthcoming album. It's an irresistible low-slung pop song.
Laurent Bourque | Photo: Rebecca Chan
Describing “Matador,” Bourque says, “Swirling about in his stoic, flashy garb, the Matador leads his heedless opponent around in circles. Chasing in furious zig-zag patterns, the opponent doesn’t know where they are being led to or why they’re chasing at all. Hypnotized by the Matador, they are fixated and unable to comprehend the inevitable end that awaits them. Love is, and sometimes makes you, blind.”
The Matador, of course, represents Love, while the opponent represents Love’s hapless victims, who, in the end, “feel the sharp sting of the Matador’s embrace.”
Based in Toronto, Canada, in 2015 Bourque dropped his debut album, Pieces of Your Past, which was recorded live in one day. The songs on the album received beau coup airplay, along with being featured on programs on MTV and the E! Network. Since then, Bourque has toured Canada, the U.S. and Europe, sharing the stage with artists such as Andrew Bird, Dan Mangan, and Teddy Geiger.
It’s a warm, inviting, intimate voice, vaguely reminiscent of Paul Simon in its tonal nuances and sleek surface timbres.
“Matador” was produced and mixed by Daniel Ledwell, mastered by Noah Mintz, and co-written by Bourque, Bobby Morales, and Dennis Ellsworth. Musicians on the track include Bourque, Ledwell, and Jamie Kronick.
The track opens with Bourque’s tasty voice riding a strumming guitar and then kicks into a contagious indie-pop melody. Crisp drums and a throbbing bass line drive the rhythm, as smooth washes of guitars and synths flow overhead. I love the laid-back yet potent feel of the harmonics, undulating on gleams of silky colors.
Bourque’s delightful tenor, penetrating yet easy to listen to, exudes velvety tones rife with tantalizing textures. It’s a warm, inviting, intimate voice, vaguely reminiscent of Paul Simon in its tonal nuances and sleek surface timbres.
The chorus, with its charming lyrics and scrumptious harmonic glide, is infectious as all get-out.
“Don’t you want to fall apart / We’ll make it, we’ll make it look so easy / Don’t you want to fall apart / And be mine.”
“Matador” is simply wonderful, light and breezy, yet charged with a compelling rhythm, and the yummy confection of the voice of Laurent Bourque.
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