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Ville à Dômat #179: “Sincrònics”
Hit of the week: Phoenix ‘J-Boy’
Phoenix are gearing up to release their new album Ti Amo this summer and today you can hear its opener and first single ‘J-Boy’.
The band opened up about the album in a recent New York Times profile, describing a long recording process in Paris during extremely fraught political times. Despite that, they described Ti Amo as “incredibly colorful” and there isn’t a better way to describe this first taste.
At least judging by ‘J-Boy’, the French rockers seem to be inching further away from their previous crunchy, dueling guitar-driven sound and more towards the synth-driven power pop they explored on Bankrupt!.
El puzzle de Tahiti 80
Tahiti 80 quartet anglòfil francès que van debutar el 1999 amb un disc de pop resplendent i enganxós, ‘Puzzle’, quinze anys després el reediten i el tornen a presentar. Tenen la facilitat per la melodia de Phoenix, l’elegància de Air i l’alegria de viure del swing i el soul dels seixanta. A un dels seus grans hits, ‘Heartbeat’, apliquen la seva fórmula infal·lible: guitarres indie, sintetitzadors vintage i una veu lluminosa. Aquesta nit a la sala Razzmatazz.
Music by Bergman: Fickle Friends
Fickle Friends are about to enter their second life. Two years on from dropping their debut track ‘Swim’ onto the internet, the band are signed to a major label, hitting up festivals and heading out to LA on a regular basis to record an album. Phase two is off to a flyer.
Born out of a love of Two Door Cinema Club and Phoenix, Natti Shiner, Chris Hall, Sam Morris, Harry Herrington and Jack Wilson started jamming together while at university in Brighton
Six months ago, however, the band were in dire straits. Their manager had quit; money was tight; and they were touring extensively in a banged-up Ford Galaxy. But after a rapid slew of upbeat singles and their breakout ‘Velvet’ EP, they bagged a recording contract with Polydor.
The band felt that there was no better way to start the new chapter than by re-releasing their deliciously catchy single ‘Swim’ – just “with a bit of help” this time. Natti describes their new single ‘Cry Baby’ as pop but with a “slightly mental indie feel” and with claustrophobic synths, scattered beats and a gigantic pop hook, she’s not wrong
They’re now working on their debut album with Mike Crossey (The 1975, Wolf Alice) in California and want to spearhead the alternative-pop renaissance, saying: “I think we just love pop music and we kind of just want to give it that cool, credible edge.” Their reincarnation may not signal a brave new direction, but the one they’re following is the pathway to pop perfection.