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Félix Dyotte is an acclaimed, Montréal-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who also collaborates as lyricist, arranger and producer for Pierre Lapointe, Jean Leloup, Salomé Leclerc, Evelyne Brouchu and Cœur de Pirate.
Dyotte’s fourth album, the Felix Bélise-co-produced Aérosol was released earlier this year through Montréal-based label Bonbonbon. The album sees the acclaimed French Canadian singer/songwriter adopting a decided change in direction from its immediate predecessor, 2021’s Airs païens. Whereas Airs païens featured natural and wood-like sounds, they’ve been replaced by synths, drum machines and samplers on Aérosol. And as a result, the album’s material seemingly draws from New Wave and dream pop.
Aérosol‘s fourth and latest single, the languorous “Un vent de vanille” is a breezy track featuring a sunny synth melody, fluttering flute and a shuffling and laid-back groove serving as a lush, 80s synth pop-meets-Beach House-like dream pop bed for Dyotte’s achingly plaintive vocal. “Un vent de vanille” may be a summery sway of a tune, but it possesses an autumnal melancholy, seemingly informed by the inevitable passing of time.
The accompanying video is a decidedly lo-fi affair, that features footage that’s presumably shot in the Quebec countryside and footage of a brooding Dyotte — occasionally with splotches of pain exploding in front of him.
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