Last Train

After naming their first two albums, Weathering and The Big Picture respectively, the simplicity of the title for Last Train’s third record is striking.

The directness of III ( trois or three) is more than a hint of the key, primal force behind the album’s creation: raw anger. Yet this fury is not the usual release of life pressures – although they no doubt played a part – but instead is the result of a unique creative energy the Alsace natives needed to vent from their systems. Yet this cathartic outpouring has not been allowed to surge unmitigated into their music as III is the result of a meticulous and crafted creative journey that saw them make the album in a crumbling, unheated chateau in the midst of winter.

Formed while still at school together in the 2010s, the now Lyon-based Jean-Noël Scherrer (vocals/guitar), Julien Peultier (guitar), Timothée Gérard (bass) and Antoine Baschung (drums) released their serrated debut in 2017 and its string-laden follow-up in 2019, which not only forged a committed and passionate fanbase around their music but also saw them earn the approval of the likes of Muse, Placebo and the iconic Johnny Hallyday, who all invited Last Train to join them on tour. Having released records via their own label to get things going when they first started, this set-up has evolved into them also making videos and artwork and even running their own touring company – activities they now collaborate on across the music industry and also provide for other artists too.