Les Sœurs Boulay’s 4488 de l’Amour is the Québécois duo’s second album, released in 2015, and it gently expands their folk roots into a warmer, more pop‑inflected sound while keeping the focus on their close, intertwined harmonies. Across 13 tracks (about 38 minutes), they weave acoustic guitars, subtle percussion, flute, organ, trumpet, and whistling into arrangements that feel intimate yet richer and more textured than on their debut. Produced again by Philippe B, the record earned them the Félix award for Folk Album of the Year at the 2016 ADISQ gala, confirming their place at the center of contemporary francophone folk‑pop.Lyrically and thematically, the album revolves around home, love, friendship, and small, intensely personal moments that turn a simple address—“4488 de l’Amour,” a fictional place—into a lived‑in maison. Songs like “Les couteaux à beurre” and “Maison” showcase their ability to turn everyday images (butter knives, a ramshackle beach house) into tender, slightly melancholic portraits of relationships, while the title track celebrates the little rituals and bonds that make a house a home. Elsewhere, “Fais‑moi un show de boucane” offers a more upbeat, almost poppier detour, and closing song “T’es ben mieux d’les ouvrir tes yeux” ends things on an infectious, road‑trip‑ready note, complete with bright trumpet and whistling. Critics praised the album as intelligent, catchy pop‑folk—intimate and natural, drawn heavily from the sisters’ own experiences, but delivered with a whimsical lightness that makes it very easy to fall in love with.
