TOUCCAN - FULL SENTIMENTAL - Marble pink 12"
€15.00
TOUCCAN - FULL SENTIMENTAL - Marble pink 12"
€15.00
FULL SENTIMENTAL TELLS THE STORY OF A WALRUS — AN ANIMAL SYMBOLIZING KINDNESS AND SWEETNESS — AND THE STEPS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ITS BEING.
“Starting with the track “Silky Walrus”, we see him naively discover life, sailing through space where everything seems far away, abstract and calm.
With “Sta Piangendo”, it’s his arrival on Earth which is evoked. Entering the atmosphere hurts him for the first time, causing primitive pain and tears. His speed is exponential, and he’s eaten by the flames. He cries for help and tries to send distress calls without success. He crashes in the water, alone in the middle of the oceans. Although someone heard the screams, that’s not for support.
The song “Commandant Costaud” refers to the preservation of life, whether it’s human or animal. The walrus manages to escape and begins to exist as an individual. His true life commences. A feeling of freedom overwhelms him. He’s ecstatic of everything he sees and discovers, but has no one to share the mosaic of emotions of his. That’s what’s being told in the track “Niemand”. The walrus calls again, seeking someone to communicate and to grow with. But loneliness plunges him deeper and deeper into darkness. His thoughts become inconsistent, and he’s no longer able to distinguish joy from sadness. So he tries to understand the world that surrounds him, and to comprehend himself. “Ca va aller Jacques”, it’s going to be okay… Step by step, his inner voice reassures him. He begins to integrate his solitude, to individualise himself, and not to look back. What matters most is the present moment.”
Speaking about their eclectic influences, TOUCCAN continues: “We have many influences in music and if there are bands that are a bit similar in terms of genre, we also love Hip Hop (especially old school), Black and Death Metal, Screamo of course, but also Funk or even Electronic music. We stick to making what we love to play, but all these styles must have a wee repercussion on what we do.”
And that was just about music, we could talk hours about cinema or so, but there is a book that deeply influenced Clovis for writing this album and, furthermore, for everything else. This is the Anarchist Morality by Peter Kropotkin, a book in which it is simply stated that you should do to others what you would have them do to you under the same circumstances. “Be strong. Overflow with emotional and intellectual energy, and you will spread your intelligence, your love, your energy of action broadcast among others! This is what all moral teaching comes to.”
𝑀𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐.
words by the band for IDIOTEQ
