Laila Biali’s awards and honords list might make you acrophobic, and Out of Dust is expected to perpetuate the tradition.

Do not expect fillers. Every song has its own soul. The whole track list will make you visit the emotional worlds of sweet nostalgia and hope (Au Pays de Cocagne), lust and happiness (Sugar), grief (Wendy’s Song), and so many more. Laila’s real coup de maître on Out of Dust is her ability to write songs mixing these emotional worlds and strip them down to make their subtleties echo. 

Beyond emotions, trained musicians and curious music lovers will value and appreciate the presence of bold time signature changes, of original chord progressions and of various treasures buried in the mix. We listened to the album more than ten times now, and still find beautiful elements emerging.