I was listening to the self-titled album Pichard by Pichard. The first thing that came to mind was that it felt like it came from the ’80s. I then read that is when he first started to play music and it all started to click. This is a sort of odd phenomena I’ve picked up doing this job for a long time. Musicians tend to make the music they were initially exposed to. There seems to be a sweet spot when you are a teenager that the music you listen to then will often sound like the music that person will make years and years later.
The album opens with “Someone by my Side” which is a piano ballad. Pichard mentions Paul McCartney as an influence and you can hear that on this song. I would say the influence is more Wings and post-Beatles McCartney. The song made me choke up a little. He is singing about being alone and hoping to find someone. He continues to worry about being alone on “Never Mind.” There is some great guitar playing. The song has this beautiful reflective sadness. There is a nice dose of optimism on “All the World is a Stage.” He starts to sing about believing in life and love and I was like “hell yeah, I believe in you bro.” Pichard slows things down on ”Lost in Your Heart” which is a sweet ballad. I was really happy hearing “A Brand New Day.” Pichard is straight up excited about the future. There are some highlights as the album progresses. “Isabelle”is a sweet, tender ballad and “Where Do We Go” and “Would Die for You” have their moments as well. This album is strikingly unapologetic in that it gives zero shits about trying to keep up with how music should sound according to trends, who is playing Coachella or any other cultural spike that determines relevance in a society. There is this almost brutal honesty about these songs that made me appreciate the music the more time I spent with it. Trends and style fade but direct honesty in art is as sturdy as a house made from bricks. It doesn't sway. Recommended.
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