this album is what defines 'beautiful' music for me.

i enjoy this CD very much. I'll be listening to this when i go to sleep tonight.

I second/third this statement!

Josh Staples exposed me to the wonderfulness that is Alcest. Appreciated.

I must one day download this and decide if I love it or really love it.

By download, I mean buy.

Such a grand listen. "Le Secret" is a bit harsher, but no less sublime.

i prefer my alcest without the ghey, but that one is damn good as well.

I still haven't assigned a Kinsey-esque rating to Amesoeurs.

i love that album too

I've always liked Alcest. Le Secret is much better imo. check out the earlier stuff before Le Secret too.

i finally took the time to listen to this band, i heard most of "Souvenirs..", what a fucking snoozefest. completely overrated. it had some cool melodies, and the guy definitely knows what he is doing, but the vocals were atrocious. He sounds like a bored Billy Corgan. How the fuck is this considered "black metal"? Is the newest album dramatically different or something?

I'll be sure to wear my alcest shirt on Saturday.

maybe the other stuff would appeal to me, but that was painful to sit through. i didn't find any of the "melancholy beauty and sadness" i had read about in reviews, i just found monumentally boring songs with Billy Corgan singing.

alcest is awesome. so is slowdive. basically the only two bands i listen to from this genre of music.

Le Secret is what got him the deal. Hear that first. Th new album is a mixture between both, but similar to the first. Alcest is a unique sound that definitely won't appeal to everyone. Les Discrets might be more down your alley; some songs have opeth influences.
And Billy Corgan? I hear Enya, My Bloody Valentine and Ride.

listen to amesoeurs and lantlos too

or a pussy is you

yea, those too.

I still think it's funny how alest exploded. when le secret came out it had rave reviews. I think it was initially released on 1000 copies I believe but that quickly changed. It's been rereleased and remastered now, right?

I thought it was really cool how alcest bailed on the democracy center show like the day of the show.....