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my empty screen

the storm is coming...a quiet one

About Me

My Empty Screen is in fact the alter ego of singer-songwriter Normand Charest. After a grunge period with the band Antacids (1994-97), he moves to Montreal where he writes his songs simply under the name Normand. In 2002 he records the album Talias Sounds, and a year later is released a 7-song EP, the first under the guise of My Empty Screen. Finally, in 2004, he records an album entitled Roomtone in a cedar closet, all the while revisiting his grunge roots with a power trio by the name of Scream Elliott (www.myspace.com/screamelliottmusic ). My Empty Screen lives in Quebec City and is working on new material once more. Norm is also a member of the other folk project " perhaps because". (www.myspace.com/perhapsbecause)
the song letters and lyrics and some other songs from roomtone will be on the soundtrack of the movie " Emile et Sophie" of director Sebastien Gagné. Viviane Audet and Francis Ducharme (grande ourse 2 et C.r.a.z.y) are the actors... width="425" height="350" ..
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Member Since: 7/30/2005
Band Website: myemptyscreen.com...bientot de retour/be back soon
Band Members: NoRM- sometimes on the stage with Ryan Bannon (Second Hand Virgin), Pascal Asselin (millimetrik)
Influences: Hayden, Elliott Smith, Cat power and other stuff that i like of course...
Sounds Like: Sounds like..un ti-gars tu-seul avec une guitare pis un harmonica...or a little guy alone with his guitar and harmonica.

''Critique 17 novembre 2007'' CHYZ
par Renaud Pilote

My Empty Screen sont venus clore la soirée en beauté avec des pièces rock minimalistes, assis sur des chaises de bois, comme une invitation à nous tirer une bûche pour les écouter. La voix feutrée mais puissante de Normand Charest engendre l'hypnose souhaitée, permettant au groupe d'enligner simplement une série de chansons se disputant l'honneur d'être réentendue la première. C'est subtil, sans prétention et c'est bon: comme quoi la sobriété (façon de parler bien-sûr) dans la présentation permet à l'essentiel de se faire entendre comme il se doit.

Record Label: none
Type of Label: Indie