Labyrinthes
{{Infobox album
| name = Labyrinthes
| type = Studio
| artist = Malajube
| cover = Malajube - Labyrinthes (2009).jpg
| alt =
| released = February 10, 2009
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie rock
| length = 38:37
| label = Dare to Care Records
| producer =
| prev_title = Trompe-l'œil
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = La caverne
| next_year = 2011
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = PopMatters
|rev1score = (7/10)[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/71891-malajube-labyrinthes/ PopMatters review]
|rev2 = Pitchfork
|rev2Score = (6.4/10)[http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12727-labyrinthes/ Pitchfork review]
}}
Labyrinthes is the third studio album by Malajube, a Quebec indie rock band.{{Cite web |url=http://www.daretocarerecords.com/daretocarerecords.php?section=album&langue=en#focusalbum37 |title=Daretocarerecords.com |access-date=2009-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218093922/http://www.daretocarerecords.com/daretocarerecords.php?section=album&langue=en#focusalbum37 |archive-date=2009-02-18 |url-status=dead }} The album was released on February 10, 2009, and is their first studio album since their commercial breakthrough in 2006 with Trompe-l'œil.
Julien Mineau, the band's lead singer and primary songwriter, has described the album's themes as being partly inspired by the continuing role of Roman Catholicism in Québécois society.[http://www.canada.com/Quebec+Malajube+enters+Labyrinthes/1274309/story.html "Quebec's Malajube enters Labyrinthes"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, CanWest News Service, February 10, 2009.
The album was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize.{{Cite web |title=Fucked Up Win Polaris Prize |url=http://www.clickmusic.com/news/article/fucked-up-win-polaris-prize |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312043151/http://www.clickmusic.com/news/article/fucked-up-win-polaris-prize |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 12, 2012 |publisher=Clickmusic |date=September 23, 2009 |accessdate=November 21, 2010 }}
Music videos
On February 6, 2009, Malajube released a video for "Porté disparu", directed by Vincent Morisset, who had also worked with the Montreal band Arcade Fire and City and Colour. The video shows the members of Malajube murdering a fur-coated man (Charles Duval) in various ways, until he reappears to eliminate each band member in the fashion they had used.{{YouTube|JD6hdj5-u9s}} Bang Bang TV also released a two-part making-of film for the music video prior to its release.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090301053812/http://www.bangbangtemort.com/malajube-partie-1/ Bangbantemort.com]{{Cite web |url=http://www.bangbangtemort.com/malajube-%E2%80%9Cmaking-of%E2%80%9D-de-%E2%80%9Cporte-disparu%E2%80%9D-partie-2/ |title=Bangbantemort.com |access-date=2009-02-06 |archive-date=2009-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301053553/http://www.bangbangtemort.com/malajube-%E2%80%9Cmaking-of%E2%80%9D-de-%E2%80%9Cporte-disparu%E2%80%9D-partie-2/ |url-status=dead }}
Bande à part recorded a live version of "Hérésie" on January 14, which they broadcast on February 2.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bandeapart.fm/concerts.asp?id=501 |title=Bandeapart.fm |access-date=2009-02-06 |archive-date=2009-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207150513/http://www.bandeapart.fm/concerts.asp?id=501 |url-status=dead }}
They also released music videos for "Luna" and "Dragon de glace".
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| title1 = Ursuline
| length1 = 6:46
| title2 = Porté disparu
| length2 = 3:55
| title3 = Luna
| length3 = 2:34
| title4 = Casablanca
| length4 = 3:40
| title5 = 333
| length5 = 5:00
| title6 = Les collemboles
| length6 = 4:12
| title7 = Hérésie
| length7 = 1:41
| title8 = Dragon de glace
| length8 = 3:32
| title9 = Le tout-puissant
| length9 = 3:42
| title10 = Cristobald
| length10 = 3:42
}}
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