{"product_id":"mimi","title":"Mimi","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"contentsContainer\" class=\"style-scope qowt-page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"contents\" class=\"style-scope qowt-page\"\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E59\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-2\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E60\"\u003eYou get older, you have a family, and you start to slow down—that’s how things are supposed to go, right? Not for Montreal band Corridor, who have returned on their fourth album, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E61\"\u003eMimi,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E62\"\u003e with a sound and style that’s more widescreen and expansive than anything that’s preceded it. The follow-up to 2019’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E63\"\u003eJunior\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E64\"\u003e is a huge step forward for the band, as the members themselves have undergone the type of personal changes that accompany the passage of time; even as these eight songs reflect a newfound and contemplative maturity, however, Corridor are branching out more than ever with richly detailed music, resulting in a record that feels like a fresh break for a band that’s already established themselves as forward-thinkers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E67\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-2\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E68\"\u003eMimi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E69\"\u003e immediately recalls the best of the best when it comes to indie rock—Deerhunter’s silvery atmospherics immediately come to mind, as well as the spiky effervescence of classic post-punk—but despite these easy comparisons, Corridor remain impossible to pin down from song to song, which makes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E70\"\u003eMimi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E71\"\u003e all the more thrilling as a listen. The road to this point, as roads to greatness often are, was not without challenge; if the elastic guitar rock of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E72\"\u003eJunior\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E73\"\u003e came together quickly—or, as guitarist and vocalist Jonathan Robert describes the process, “in a rush”—then the steady-as-they-go creative pace of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E74\"\u003eMimi \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E75\"\u003emarked a desire to break from the “exhausting” work ethic that previously birthed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E76\"\u003eJunior\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E77\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E80\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-2\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E81\"\u003e“The goal was to work differently, which is the goal we have every time we work on a new album—to build something in a new way,” Robert explains. “This time, we took our time.” And so in the summer of 2020, Corridor’s members—Robert, vocalist\/bassist Dominic Berthiaume, drummer Julien Bakvis, and multi-instrumentalist Samuel Gougoux—holed away in a cottage to engage in the sort of creative experimentation that would lead to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E82\"\u003eMimi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E83\"\u003e’s ultimate creation. “We went there to write, and a lot of ideas came \u003c\/span\u003efrom that retreat,” Berthiaume explains. “We didn’t end up with songs as much as we did ideas, so the result is a collage of the ideas.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"contentsContainer\" class=\"style-scope qowt-page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"contents\" class=\"style-scope qowt-page\"\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E86\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-2\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E87\"\u003eAfter that productive session together, Corridor continued to tinker with the songs’ raw parts digitally and remotely over the next few years, with co-producer Joojoo Ashworth (Dummy, Automatic) lending their own specific talents in the theoretical booth. The process was a byproduct of not having access to their previous rehearsal space as the COVID-19 pandemic faded from public view, but also a result of the four-piece leaning harder into incorporating electronic textures than on previous records.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E90\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-2\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E91\"\u003e“For a long time, we identified as a guitar-oriented band, and the goal of making this whole record was trying to get away from that,” Berthiaume states while admitting that the band encountered their own challenges as a result: “We had to figure out how to make new songs without having the chance to play together. It was complicated sometimes.” Berthiaume also describes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E92\"\u003eMimi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E93\"\u003e—which, fun fact, is also named after Jonathan’s cat—as a record about “getting older” and “figuring out new parts of life”—but despite any claims of transitional growing pains from the band, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E94\"\u003eMimi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E95\"\u003e is a record bursting with new energy and life, a vibrance that’s owed in no small part to Gougoux joining the band full-time after pitching in on live performances in the past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E98\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-2\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E99\"\u003e“I come more from a background of electronic music, so it was nice to involve that with the band more,” he explains, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E100\"\u003e Mimi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E101\"\u003e contains a distinct rhythmic pulse reminiscent of classic era-post-punk’s own melding of dance and rock textures. Over bright, chiming guitars and ascending synths, Robert addresses his looming mortality on “Mourir Demain”: “I wrote it when my girlfriend and I were shopping for life insurance,” he laughs. With our little daughter growing up, we also considered making our will. I said to myself, ‘Oh shit, from now on I’m slowly starting to plan my death.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E104\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-2\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E105\"\u003e“Jump Cut” is pure psychedelic bliss, with hypnotic ziggurats of guitar lines aligning themselves in the distance as Robert and Berthiaume’s vocals \u003c\/span\u003eexcitingly duck and weave throughout the lovely chaos created; meanwhile, the nocturnal air of “Caméra” provides perfect cover for ruminations on self-promotion and exposure in the digital age, while the hypnotic haze of “Mon Argent” tackles the realities of making a living while making music. “Nothing is more abstract, insecure, and random than a musician’s income,” Jonathan muses while discussing the song’s thematic bent. “The responsibilities piling up in my adult life have, unfortunately, prevented me from continuing to avoid the subject. We end up giving a lot of importance to something we don’t understand.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"contentsContainer\" class=\"style-scope qowt-page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"contents\" class=\"style-scope qowt-page\"\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"E108\" class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-2\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E109\"\u003eDon’t mistake this as music about dead ends, though, as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E110\"\u003eMimi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E111\"\u003e embraces and champions unfettered creativity while paving a way for Corridor’s own bright future. “We just focused on making a record that sounded the way we wanted,” Gougoux exclaims while discussing the band’s aims. “There were no limitations when it came to what was possible.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Corridor","offers":[{"title":"Loser (color) LP","offer_id":54460940321106,"sku":"ukl1788118615433","price":17.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":54460940353874,"sku":"scy1788118615434","price":8.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":54460940386642,"sku":"rjl1788118615435","price":6.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1085\/6821\/5890\/files\/mimi_1.jpg?v=1788118642","url":"https:\/\/www.littlecopper.shop\/products\/mimi","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}