Farewell to Carl Tremblay: Fans turned upside down by the group's new album

Fans of Cowboys Fringeants and their late singers were shocked by the group's release of Testament album on Thursday.

“It's a life lesson, and I think it's the end of a life, the end of a hope, Carl's goodbye in most of the songs. It sadly marks the end of the Cowboys Fringebands,” said Patrice Belhach Renier, one of the group's fans.

The album, which was released on Thursday midnight across all digital platforms, has 13 tracks.

“It is significant that few people have the opportunity and courage to sign openly in the public eye, we often do not have this opportunity,” he said. [Karl] “He was able to see it coming, plan it, predict it, and make it such an elegant, powerful, important, inspiring journey,” added Louis Bellavance, program director of the Festival d'État de Québec (FEQ).

Soon after its release, the album provoked many reactions, inciting tears and a lot of ink among fans.

“I cried a lot today, I think I listened to the album four or five times during the day and there are still songs I struggle to understand and listen to. The feeling still takes over the simple pleasure of listening in this moment,” said Sebastien, another fan of the group, with an emotional voice.

If fans of Cowboys Fringe and Carl Tremblay have to wait until May 10 to get their hands on the album, few doubt it will make history.

“It's full of emotion, especially knowing Karl and knowing the whole family behind it, it's going to be a wonderful album that will go down in history,” promised Christian Noel, director of programming at the Grand Québec Théâtre.

Some of the songs were written in gratitude to the public, present from the beginning, with whom they seem to have been unanimously admired.

“A final farewell to Carl. “Thank you!” There's a song called, it's a wonderful goodbye to their fans, it's a beautiful gift they give us, and I think all fans should be satisfied with this album. Gabriel Beland, another fan.