Lou-Adriane Cassidy – Triste Animal
Artist: Lou-Adriane Cassidy
Album: Triste Animal
Label: Bravo Musique
Link: https://www.louadrianecassidy.com/
Style: French song
Already a household name in her native Quebec, Lou-Adriane Cassidy takes the world by surprise with the release of her second album, Triste Animal, in 2025, full of visceral, acoustic pop that veers between folk and rock.
The 27-year-old hails from the province of Quebec, and the world of music is no stranger to her, as her mother is a well-known singer, her aunt a cellist, and her father a professor of music at Laval University, one of Canada’s leading universities. In 2016, she took part in the La Voix talent show and other competitions before releasing her own music. Her debut album, released three years later at the age of 22, earned her critical and public acclaim beyond the borders of the country of her birth. In 2025, the release of Triste Animal completes the diptych it forms with the album Journal d’un Loup-Garou, released in January.
Sung as the first entirely in French, Triste Animal differs slightly from its predecessor, adopting a Pop style close to Folk that, while still catchy, is more immediate. The artist refocuses on acoustic instruments and is less concerned with adding sounds or studio effects, that could sometimes seem raunchy. As a result, the tracks are less focused on the quest for popularity, but are able to touch the listener in a different way and arouse emotions, with intimate lyrics, albeit less personal than those of Journal d’un Loup-Garou.
Lou-Adriane Cassidy’s long years of choral singing are evident in the many female voices, which support the artist on harmonies, where choirs or canons dot the record. Without going so far as to give the impression of having been recorded in concert, the choice to limit the number of takes and studio intervention leaves the listener free to feel the musical momentum that binds the musicians together, and their complicity. Keeping a hint of warmth in the overall rendering, the timbres of the instruments can be appreciated within a soundstage that is well laid out, if not exuberant.