7.4
Contact: penglebert@proton.me
Web: pierre-englebert-music.com
Seeking: Review
Style: Rock
There’s a glorious energy about a song like “Surrounded by Idiots,” with lines like “cornered by morons, suffocated by bigots,” that recalls the satirical best of Randy Newman. These are carefully crafted tunes, written with a deft hand and a gift for storytelling. Further lines such as “I would go batshit, even bonkers, I would lose it” and “I’d be a mess, I’d be depressed,” showcase a dexterity with the English language that allows Englebert to wax lyrical about the human condition with joy, honesty, and wit. He also knows how to pen a melody, and that makes for a heady brew.
