Collectif Effervescence
My Name Is Nobody :
I hope you're well, I am and I send you my fingers (F,2006)****
On the first track, one of my favourites, the colour of the voice reminded me a bit of Robert Wyatt, not sure if the reference is exploited just slightly as an influence too. We could add much more Bonnie “Prince” Billie as a reference into the, darkening emotional tension of the songwriting. Not all songs were immediately clear from first listen (I didn’t have the lyrics), but I assume are mostly about love and friendships. They are either accompanied a bit more sparsely, by guitars, piano and a bit of vocal harmonies, and elsewhere by stronger emphasized band arrangements. Contrary to the dark and overdone dark-cynically front cover, the songs often here and there sound lighter and hopeful against a more poisonous darkness.
-This drawing on the cover, feels like a cynical caricature, an exaggerated expression of disappointment, of someone sending his fingers, possibly referring to Van Gogh who people remember as having sent his ear to the girl he loved, when he felt abused in the situation. -Here I must say that I am sure that this story about Van Gogh was always misinterpreted. I guess he send only his ear-lob, which is a more sexually strong point of the body, a part which was possibly liked so much by the girl, where she had said some things about it, as if this dealt with love and caring, so when he felt betrayed, he decided to send the real "detail" she loved dearly over, a story which makes very much sense, while someone sending his ear sounds much more crazy, just like sending fingers (and this by someone who plays guitar) as much more sick, self-destructive and narcistic, although it is probably just a shocking image, in a 21st century fashion of uncontrolled image-exaggeration, de-attached from the reality behind it, so in this case just like a symbolic wish for a real goodbye of any cooperation, as a reference to the "Palace" scene with hip exaggerations-
The name My Name Is Nobody refers to Jim Jarmuschs “Dead Man”, and is led by singer-songwriter Vincent Dupas.
