It took two years of immense work for the Strasbourg temple of contemporary music to officially reopen its doors. An eager anticipation could be gauged by the crowd that waited as early as 7:00 p.m. on Friday evening on Ban-de-la-Roche Street and Hohwald Street.
To mark the event, Pales took the stage first, a post-punk group from Strasbourg brimming with wild energy, with Last Train as the headliner. Last Train, the Alsatian group that all rock festivals clamor for, was a significant choice to inaugurate this new era of La Laiterie. Last Train, a band formed in Altkirch in 2007 when the four musician friends were still in middle school, took their first professional steps on the Club stage in 2015.
This meeting was also a way to close the loop, as the quartet of friends – Jean-Noël Scherrer (vocals/guitar), Julien Peultier (guitar), Timothée Gerard (bass), and Antoine Baschung (drums) – is now one of the rising stars of French rock. Linkin Park chose them to open for the only French date of their world tour, on June 16 in Lyon.
A good warm-up before filling the Paris Zenith on October 6. And it is with their third album, III, that Last Train has established themselves among the greats. The four friends from Sundgau defended the hypnotic colors of this new album on Friday evening, thanks to a free and poetic sound. With a sense of urgency that envelops each track. Between whispered vocals and sharp, heavy sounds, Last Train plays with tenderness, anger, and frustration.
The audience savors each riff and sings along with the songs. Until the moment when Jean-Noël Scherrer indulges in crowd surfing before playing standing up, literally carried by the crowd. A triumph and a gift that confirm the enthusiasm for rock music more alive than ever.
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