Stef Chura
Stef Chura est une pépite rock venue tout droit de Détroit, découverte en 2017 avec son premier album « Messes » signé chez Saddle Creek, l’artiste s’est forgée un nom et revient plus virulente que jamais avec Midnight.
Pour ce second opus, elle n’a pas fait appel aux services de Fred Thomas à la production. Elle a opté pour Will Toledo que vous connaissez tous sous le blaze de Car Seat Headrest, alias LA coqueluche indie rock du moment que tout le monde s’arrache et qui officie également à la basse. Direct, ça a de la gueule. Et bien on ne s’est pas trompé. Le new-yorkais impose sa patte envers la native de Detroit qui se montre plus incisive et plus rentre-dedans que jamais à travers des morceaux rythmés comme l’introduction audacieuse et métronomique nommée « All I Do Is Lie » divisé en deux parties mais encore « Degrees » rappelant l’âge d’or de Pixies avec son schéma couplet calme et refrain bruitiste avant sa conclusion instrumentale parsemée de synthés et les plus fun « Jumpin’ Jack » et « 3D Girl ». @Les oreilles curieuses
English
For most people who create art I would assume there is some kind of deep unanswerable hole in your soul as to why you’re making it…” So says Stef Chura ahead of the release of Midnight, her gritty, vehement new album, recorded and produced by Will Toldeo of Car Seat Headrest – and her first new collection of songs for the Saddle Creek label. Illuminating that search for answers with a fevered sense of exploration, Midnight is a bold leap forward from Messes, Stef’s contagious debut album, with every aspect of her new work finding bold ways to express itself as it rips through twelve restless and relentless new tracks.
A couple of years on from the release of Messes, Stef is still based in Detroit, that most singular city which has seen it all, from the no-mans-land of its initial collapse through to the resurgent place it is now. Sticking around to help breed the DIY creativity. Stef found inspiration from the people she surrounded with herself with, more so than the place itself. It’s no surprise that Midnight is testament to those kind of characteristics; a rugged and robust burst of defiance. “I’m usually dealing with the context of what I can’t say or haven’t said,” Stef says. “A kind of spiritual bondage that I would say most people, probably a lot of female bodied ones, put themselves through.”