I’ve always been impressed by Jean Leloup. He’ll catch you off guard with his personality, and of course his music. I came across his repertoire for the first time with his 1990 release of “L’amour est sans pitié.” Every song within that record carries this sort of interesting vibe, and believe me, it’s not too hard to have a song on repeat, trust me! There was a period in my life where I was listening to the title track of the record on repeat, because of its interesting melody, and Leloup’s lyrics, just see for yourself. But over the course of time, we see this musician evolving. And, consider yourself lucky if you’ve even got a ticket to watch him perform. Sadly, I missed my shot when he was doing a series of concerts at the MTelus venue, or even his concert “Le Fantôme de Paradis City,” during the 2016 Francos de MTL event. Right after his solo record release back in 2019 called “L’étrange pays,” this musician just disappeared from the public’s eye. And I’m sure that he’s gonna make a superb comeback record that’s gonna take all of us by surprise once more. But, I’m not gonna dwell too much on this musician’s career, because I’m gonna narrow myself down to his record that not only impressed me, but all of us. And it’s with his 2015 comeback record title “À Paradis City.” No one expected it to have such an impact, and it shook us all, because we’ve got to witness a serious side of Jean Leloup that we never really knew. I even remember streaming the record, and felt obliged right after to get the record, because of how good it was, PERIOD. Every song carries a meaning, that’s being backed by an interesting melody. And, most of the record was written between Montreal, and Costa Rica. During the writing process, Leloup would write his songs, then put them in a garbage bag until it would be full. From then, he would hand pick the ones that had depth. But do me a favour, and  don’t shy yourself away from listening to this album. You’ve still got that Leloup aurora shining all over the record, especially with the title track of the record, “À Paradis City.” But, if we dare to take a turn, we’ve got songs like “Willie,” “Les bateaux,” and “Voyageur,” where you witness the serious side of Jean Leloup that we’ve witnessed before with his 1996 record of “Le Dôme.” Otherwise you’d also have him mixing outer space/ futuristic sounds within the album that makes it unique from the others.