With On Concrete, Pollyanna moves on to serious things. The band has bought a banjo, a ukulele, and even a triangle. More than anything, they have persuaded Stephane Garry, of the Parisian pop-folk band Pokett, to produce the record in a real recording studio. Certainly, time is short, but quality is there: electric guitars are back, arrangements get more elaborate. David and Isabelle learn to work more closely together. Songs are more solid and their structure is better thought-out: compact, they can also take the time to develop a long narrative tone. Like the rest, Isabelle’s voice is more mature on On Concrete. Softer or, on the contrary, more uptight. On the cover of the record, a picture taken in Aalborg, Denmark. It’s the guestroom of 1000Fryd, a post-punk vegan venue where Pollyanna played twice with the electro-ambient duo Silencio. They were treated like friends there. Actually, On Concrete is slightly connected to the place: the noise and talks you can hear on Silencio's introduction of Friends is actually the sound of the street behind the 1000Fryd. And the song Løkken is named after a beach town close to Aalborg.The room on the picture, dark but comfortable, the empty armchairs that look like they are waiting for someone, this cosy though uncanny space – all this corresponds to the atmosphere of On Concrete. The album is released in may 2008 on Waterhouse Records, a discriminating Parisian label that supports neo folk music on both sides of the Atlantic.
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