With "Blanche réalité," post-hardcore vets IMPURE WILHELMINA offer the second glimpse into Le sanglot, their upcoming new album and first entirely in French.
"Blanche réalité" (White Reality) maps a state of persistent, low-grade alienation: a person going through the motions of daily existence, disoriented at the center of a world from which all warmth has been subtracted. The song finds its biographical root in a winter hike Impure Wilhelmina vocalist and guitarist Michael Schindl took, during which he nearly lost himself in the fog. That real, physical experience of erasure sits at the core of the song's emotional logic, grounding an otherwise interior state in something concrete and felt.
Watch the official music video for "Blanche réalité" Below:
Le Sanglot comes out May 22, 2026 on Season of Mist
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The video for "Blanche réalité" extends the song's territory rather than illustrating it. Shot entirely on location in fog-bound natural landscapes with no band performance, the video follows a solitary figure moving through mist-consumed fields and bare woodland without ever arriving anywhere. The palette is almost entirely de-saturated, with animals functioning as the visual counterpart to the lyrics: present, unreachable, moving through the fog with a purposefulness the human figure lacks. Only in the final seconds does color return, a handful of amber leaves around water, an image that offers no clear resolution.
Line-up:
Michael Schindl — Vocals, Guitar
Mario Togni — Drums
Sébastien Dutruel — Bass
Edouard Nicod — Guitar
Production Credits:
Recorded at Kitchen Studio, Geneva, Switzerland.
Produced, engineered & mixed by Yvan Bing at Kitchen Studio, except for track 9, recorded by Serge Morattel at Rec Studio.
Mastered by Magnus Lindberg at Redmount Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.
Recording Line-up:
Michael Schindl
Mario Togni
Sébastien Dutruel
Edouard Nicod
Guest Musician:
Marion Leclercq (Mütterlein) on the track 6, ‘Train Mort’.
Cover Art:
Giganto (http://giganto.ch/)
Photography:
Mehdi Benkler
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Available Formats:
CD Digipak
Digital Download
12” Vinyl Gatefold (Black)
12” Vinyl Gatefold (Transparent Violet)
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Bandcamp: https://impurewilhelmina.bandcamp.com/
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Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/artist/impure-wilhelmina/299336044
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