The Saddam Webcam epic inaugurates the golden age of instrumental domotics, when two enlightened zouaves decide to race for the shallot, using an instrumentarium inversely proportional to their musical intentions. We're talking about a jabbering bass caught on the tail of a swaggering drum kit that gets beaten up more often than not. It was a time of virile clashes on eruptive tracks left unattended, of cunning winks between two corridors of shots strung together at three thousand miles an hour, of saturated sound spaces and live vertigo under the control of stunned expert committees.
The miracle of the encounter takes place shortly afterwards, in the bend of an urban forest, with the rainbow nightingale's sorcerous song. A gentle concussion with the appearance of a providential jolt, the indocile little Saddam had just found his voice, which would guide him on the boulevard of maturity. Now with three of them at the helm, without giving in to the frenzy of their beginnings, but with the addition of lyrical fantasy, the discourse is enriched, softened and balanced by the intense work of the text, when the words impart their flow to the score and perch in counterpoint to the orchestra. On stage, the band can rely on an inexhaustible gauge of energy, distributed as widely as possible.
A demo was first recorded to confirm the alliance, before the crew finally launched their first opus, "Excès de beurre et Ruine morale", proving that there's still room for more.
A trinity of finely-tuned triggers with the build of a gently moody cyclops, whose autopsy will reveal traces of pure lyrical emphasis beneath the steaming crumbs of flonflons pulverized by a ferocious groove. At Saddam's, it takes three to smash the tables of sobriety.
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released September 1, 2023
All tracks composed by Saddam Webcam
Jessica Martin Maresco: Vocals
Alexandre Casato: Bass
Jonathan Girerd: Drums
Recorded and mixed by Yann Van Eiik
Mastered by Nicholas Zampiello at New Alliance East
Illustration: Alexandre Girard
Graphics: Johanny Meloul
Thanks to Guilhem, Lola, Victor Hugo, Lawrence David Herbert, Arnold Schwarzenegger, maman, Alexandre Lacassagne, Clément Dupuis, Yann.
supported by 23 fans who also own “Excès de beurre et Ruine morale”
Top notch alt/art (hard) inst. rock!
Think Yowie with an additional guitarist and played at twice the speed. Its furious stuff, sometimes bending into metal and sometimes prog-ish.
Tracks 1-6 are like listening to a psychotic break, 7-9 are like a fevered dream and 10 is the hangover afterwards....awesome! tinman73
supported by 20 fans who also own “Excès de beurre et Ruine morale”
unique, frenetic, provocative, surprising, amazing how they keep the listener on their toes while providing just enough structure to keep them grounded Tim Patterson
supported by 19 fans who also own “Excès de beurre et Ruine morale”
all of it good: the whimsy, the drama, the wild, the cosmic; deftly dancing the line between order and chaos, between the sublime and the vile, between the fathomable and the ineffable. puts the listener in a liminal limbo you don't get to be in (and still enjoy!) often. Tim Patterson
This terrific Finnish group offers churning post-punk draped in shadow with occasional dips into shoegaze and drone. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 25, 2023