Over a series of remarkable concept albums, the Luxembourg band Rome has developed a totally unique poetry of longing that gives expression to a comprehensive feeling of modern forlornness. The protagonists of this music are the banished, hunted, despised, and misunderstood firmly in the tradition of Jerome Reuter s declared heroes Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré, Tom Waits, and Nick Cave. Nos Chants Perdus is inspired by world literature, and the observant listener will be able to detect references to and quotations from Albert Camus, Marcel Proust, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Jean Genet.