Five Years Older writes simple songs about complex themes such as lost love, identity, family, the meaning of home, and ageing. The songs are written in English and in French, and are laden with heavily emotional subject matter, driven by electronic rhythms, soaring melodies, harmonies, and catchy guitar and synth riffs which remain glued in the mind long after listening. Five Years Older writes songs from a perspective of distances, of interludes between lovers and lives, and the roads that...
Five Years Older writes simple songs about complex themes such as lost love, identity, family, the meaning of home, and ageing. The songs are written in English and in French, and are laden with heavily emotional subject matter, driven by electronic rhythms, soaring melodies, harmonies, and catchy guitar and synth riffs which remain glued in the mind long after listening. Five Years Older writes songs from a perspective of distances, of interludes between lovers and lives, and the roads that lead from small towns to big cities, from foreign lands to the countries now called home. Most often compared to contemporaries like Lamb, The Knife, Hot Chip and Nouvelle Vague, there is also a touch of a retrospective approach to the songwrting, harkening back to major influences such as Talking Heads and The Cure.
With its electro-driven chanson, its experimental arrangements and a catalogue of songs that link dance-floor beats to contemporary singer-songwriting, Five Years Older makes music that moves both body and soul.
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