Klô Pelgag

Klô Pelgag is an acclaimed artist in Quebec and Canada, with 20 Félix awards at the ADISQ Gala, a JUNO Award, one nomination on the short list and one on the long list for the Polaris Music Prize, sold-out concerts at MTelus and collaborations and appearances at concerts by CRi, Patrick Watson and Pomme.

Each album from Klô Pelgag reinforces her distinctive place in the Francophone cultural landscape, and Abracadabra is no exception. The album has received strong support from Quebec and Canadian media, including an interview on CBC q, an 8/10 review in Exclaim!, a Rolling Stone Québec cover, features in La Presse and Le Journal de Montréal and a premiere in Elle Québec, amongst many others. Beyond Canada, Abracadabra has been widely praised by FrancoFans, who note, “The ever-sharp writing is elevated by these signature high-pitched melodies and this perfectly controlled voice.” CBC Music adds, “With Abracadabra, Pelgag sounds as though she has an entire orchestra at her fingertips—and that’s just the beginning of the magic she wields.”

Abracadabra, like a quest for the absolute, like a desire to believe in something. For all the knots you have to untie to free yourself and reveal who you really are, fearless and shameless. A formula you wish could fix everything, instantly resolving all problems. A word you repeat while staring out of the window. Maybe if you keep saying it long enough, it’ll open a door inside of you? Abracadabra, a ridiculous yet beautiful word that would save you from having to make the effort to help your neighbour or to help yourself. Abracadabra, a word that makes me want to untangle it and to which I’d like to assign a new meaning. Abracadabra, like this magic pill prescribed by my doctor to sleep, like my phone that stops me from overthinking when my mind is going to pieces, like the alcohol that comforts me and gives me back this joy that escapes me too often. And in this quest for the absolute and for meaning, in this endless pursuit of fun, there is the desire to create something I’m unfamiliar with but that resembles me somehow. Music that pierces my soul as fiercely as my emotions, like I’m standing on the edge of a cliff and constantly about to fall, creating the urge to write. And every which way and probably forever, I’ll try to capture this intangible, unspeakable thing, this fleeting feeling that sometimes makes me want to be silly and say it: here we go, abracadabra.   

Abracadabra is out now.