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MICHELLE BLADES
Where To?(Escargot Musique)
Add date: 2.3.2026
Release date: 1.30.2026
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Michelle Blades is a Mexican-Panamanian artist raised in a musical family who has crafted a distinctive sonic aesthetic through her diverse experiences. After being welcomed into the DIY scene in Arizona, where she played with friends in the local indie scene, she eventually settled in Paris. Her discography, marked by wide stylistic variety, includes the 2019 album Visitor and the 2020 EP Nombrar las cosas, both released on Midnight Special Records — a label she collaborated with prolifically over a decade.
Meanwhile, Michelle's musical journey expanded as she performed with other artists in France: she toured with Pomme as a bassist, contributed arrangements and guitar to Flavien Berger’s latest album Plouf!, formed part of the band La Brume for the session, and joined La Femme as a vocalist, touring the world with the band.
After five years of experimentation, Michelle marks a new chapter with Where To?, a live-recorded album completed in just nine days at La Bergerie in the south of France. Recorded by Emmanuel Mario, aka Astrobal, the session featured Astrobal, Vincent Guyot, Gaétan Nonchalant, Nina Savary, and Michelle herself, forming a band for the occasion. The project signals a return to her roots—folk, jazz, and noise—which she reconnects with through the intensity and sensitivity demanded by live performance, balancing power with an almost fragile delicacy.
This shift towards richly harmonized folk songs is also marked by her debut compositions for piano and Rhodes. The nine tracks were written almost spontaneously during short breaks between touring and recording sessions—except for the opening track and first single, “You’re the mother, you’re the man,” which dates back to 2018 during a time in her mother’s Mexico City.
The songwriting on Where To? explores a range of narrative, sometimes biographical themes—intimate vulnerability (“Dear Friend”, a letter in form of song to a friend in need, “No Test Drive”, admitting the need to be loved), poetic imagery (“Show & Tell”, a song that explores the pastoral ideal, I missed the dance, a scene of someone arriving symbolically too late to a life event), and humor (“Hotel Solitude”, a song about a hotel who wishes to be a home. “I’m the Port Authority”, a jagged, cartoonish, cynical song about the immigrant experience)—maintaining a raw emotional intensity throughout. Where To? Intends to blur the line between her early influences and the more stripped-down soundscapes, revealing a Michelle at a crossroads—oscillating between dream and reality, solitude and the quest for new directions.
Apple Music
Bandcamp
Spotify
Tidal
YouTube
Michelle Blades is a Mexican-Panamanian artist raised in a musical family who has crafted a distinctive sonic aesthetic through her diverse experiences. After being welcomed into the DIY scene in Arizona, where she played with friends in the local indie scene, she eventually settled in Paris. Her discography, marked by wide stylistic variety, includes the 2019 album Visitor and the 2020 EP Nombrar las cosas, both released on Midnight Special Records — a label she collaborated with prolifically over a decade.
Meanwhile, Michelle's musical journey expanded as she performed with other artists in France: she toured with Pomme as a bassist, contributed arrangements and guitar to Flavien Berger’s latest album Plouf!, formed part of the band La Brume for the session, and joined La Femme as a vocalist, touring the world with the band.
After five years of experimentation, Michelle marks a new chapter with Where To?, a live-recorded album completed in just nine days at La Bergerie in the south of France. Recorded by Emmanuel Mario, aka Astrobal, the session featured Astrobal, Vincent Guyot, Gaétan Nonchalant, Nina Savary, and Michelle herself, forming a band for the occasion. The project signals a return to her roots—folk, jazz, and noise—which she reconnects with through the intensity and sensitivity demanded by live performance, balancing power with an almost fragile delicacy.
This shift towards richly harmonized folk songs is also marked by her debut compositions for piano and Rhodes. The nine tracks were written almost spontaneously during short breaks between touring and recording sessions—except for the opening track and first single, “You’re the mother, you’re the man,” which dates back to 2018 during a time in her mother’s Mexico City.
The songwriting on Where To? explores a range of narrative, sometimes biographical themes—intimate vulnerability (“Dear Friend”, a letter in form of song to a friend in need, “No Test Drive”, admitting the need to be loved), poetic imagery (“Show & Tell”, a song that explores the pastoral ideal, I missed the dance, a scene of someone arriving symbolically too late to a life event), and humor (“Hotel Solitude”, a song about a hotel who wishes to be a home. “I’m the Port Authority”, a jagged, cartoonish, cynical song about the immigrant experience)—maintaining a raw emotional intensity throughout. Where To? Intends to blur the line between her early influences and the more stripped-down soundscapes, revealing a Michelle at a crossroads—oscillating between dream and reality, solitude and the quest for new directions.