Peter Peter - Une Version Amelioree De La Tristesse

Une version ameliroree de la tristesse is the title track off Montreal act Peter Peter's second album which goes by the same name.  The song title might be translated as An Improved Version Of Sadness or An Enhanced Version Of Sadness.  I would only argue, my french being far from perfect that the tense is feminine (both the version and the sadness- but maybe like boats sadness always carries a feminine tense?) that a reasonably poor translation could also be: A Version Made Better By Sadness (f).

This effortless piece of popsmithing steps out of the limiting mould of quebecois and 'le deuxieme pays' placing their efforts handily on a national and international stage. 

In any case it's a wondrous song that got it's official launch at the increasingly important Festival de Musique Emergente in Rouyn-Noranda en Abitibi-Temiscamingue at the fittingly named Cabaret De La Dernier Chance.  This past season saw Feist close her Metals tour in an intimate context, Barr Bros. play to enraptured audiences, and Plants And Animals playing in a mine.