Getting to release music alongside Alcest while the genre is still so young and in its developmental stage is really exciting. Unreqvited: Écailles de Lune got me into the genre, and I likely wouldn’t be making the music that I make for Unreqvited without it. I would always say to myself, ‘Well if Alcest can get away with it, I’m going to go with my gut.’ I gained confidence from the risks that they took through their art to create my own. I didn't want it, but that's what the genre was. There were times that I thought we needed to do something because it seemed “right”- had to have screaming or make it heavy. They were dominating and I’s attention at the time and inspiring us to act with conviction. first EP and Air were heavily influenced by Alcest. this album will likely fall on deaf ears.Brett Boland: There would be no Astronoid without Alcest. In the hands of someone more rational, someone without that childlike sense of wonder, someone unable to unlock the secrets of the pixie dust. For great escapes into mystical lands and whimsical dreams that allow you to fly into the hearts of the universe's farthest-reaching stars, Les voyages de l'âme makes for some divine psychotropic inspiration. Overlooking the lack of soul that comes with illusory sensations, there is still the traditional Alcestian beauty one would come to expect from a man of Neige's mindset, and that does indeed count for something. and completely empty within its sparkling shell. Unfortunately what the world is left with is but a hollow tone, pretty on the outside. There are no bursting effects within these songs because there is no substance. Yet, upon biting into what looks like flawless fruit, one is left utterly disappointed at the complete lack of flavor. The apple appears without a mark: perfect, shining, juicy.
There is little by way of actual content the atmosphere feels synthetic, much like food conjured by magic having no taste.
Once you poke the walls of this grandiose delusion, however, you will find they too ripple like the waves Neige created a few short years ago. It all seems to be a matter of perfection. All of that, of course, is only accentuated by the sparsity of his abstracted howling shrieks and the return of ethereal female choir-like lullabies in the background. Neige's clean vocals tie into the majestic picture, painting waves that step upon water, flowers that dance in merriment, elves and sprites among thousands of acres of eternal great oaks. The melodies draw out more and seem to take their own adventures into enchanted forests and crystalline springs before working their way back towards the songs conclude. The dreamy aspect is not only kept intact this time around, but strengthened with the fuzzy production typical of an Alcest release. Les voyages de l'âme is, quite simply, a shoegaze-oriented album with very few black metal elements, focusing almost entirely on extravagance and folkloric adventure, a journey through Neverland with faeries and woodland creatures singing along in tune to sweeping guitars and fragile drum work. Écailles de lune made quite a few ripples in the black metal scene with its ethereal beauty and soothing tenderness, leading to this, Neige's most tranquil release to date. With Alcest, Neige has been slowly incorporating more shoegaze elements into the mix with the passing of time. Over the course of the past few years, Neige has been not-so-quietly making a name for himself in the black metal scene, working his way through the likes of Mortifera and Peste Noire before contributing to - perhaps - his first real "experiment": Amesoeurs.
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