"Edmonton-based chanteuse Ariane Mahrÿke Lemire is a fresh, anomalous presence in the world of singer-songwriters in Edmonton. For starters, she is bilingual, and passionately so (...). Then there is her lyricism - her song lyrics (which could all lead a separate existence as poetry by itself) are playful, quirky and robust, and simply crackling with rich references to a wide variety of things. Ariane is obviously a born writer who is itching to explore life via words and images. And then there is the music she makes - there is no pinning her down to genre. One minute she is singing an up-tempo folk pop song with playful lyric, the next minute she is purring seductively in a slow jazz-like song. (...) In terms of sensibility, Ariane seems a lot like Jane Siberry in that she seems very free spirited in her yen to use whatever musical and lyrical colours are on the palette in front of her. It is not surprising, therefore, that at the 2008 Western Canadian Music Awards Ariane received the "Outstanding Francophone Recording" award."
– Review from CKUA's "Scenes From the Library"
“On her debut, Double Entendre, Ariane Mahryke Lemire braved a kind of musical wilderness by exercising her ability to explore any landscape she was ready to challenge: jazz, folk, spoken word, experimental; even the limitations of language seem to present no bounds, as she can seamlessly move between French and English not just in the confines of a live show but also in the frame of a recorded album. Now, with her follow-up Décousue, Mlle. Lemire once again proves that there are no parameters within her work: just like the long and infinite landscape of the heart of Canada. This young chanteuse knows the prairies, and the landscape seems to wrap itself around her music. In this openness, the distance can be intimidating, but every 360 degrees is another open road, and surely Lemire is courageous enough to conquer the terrain in any direction it takes her.”
– Eamon McGrath, singer-song writer
Don't believe in love
That bubble burst a long time ago
Yet somehow you've got me believing in you
The threads are getting finer
We've been weaving towards each other
Binding wants and needs
Senses flooded with deepening firsts even the tenth time around
The current is etching a path
The pull of the tide has us following
Today will fade tomorrow
Barricade the past
Until only now remains
Still
Logic battles logic
Brandishing sharp swords
Hollering the argument : Stay or go
Facts are pitted against instincts
Stay or go
Don't know what this is
Don't know where it's leading
Every mound moulds itself to every crevasse moulds itself to every mound
It
just
fits
