Pat Groulx et les Bas Blancs - Besoin de rien (2020) Hi-Res

Ottawa-born Patrick Groulx has been a major figure on the Quebec comedy scene for over 20 years. But he also sings in the country folk band Pat Groulx et les Bas Blancs. Following the group’s second album, 2009’s La suite, the Franco-Ontarian stepped away from music to better reconcile his work and family life. But a decade later, the pandemic—and the obligation to stay home—finally prompted him to take it up again. “Recording an album wasn’t part of my plans at all,” Groulx tells Apple Music of Besoin de rien (which roughly translates to “I don’t need anything”). He had just embarked on a new comedy tour when COVID-19 hit. “I took advantage of the free time to get out my instruments and start playing and composing again.” Over the course of four months, he and bandmates Sébastien Daigle and Grégoire Painchaud worked remotely to make the album, which he tells us about in this track-by-track guide.