The Liminanas: french garage pop drawing on ye-ye, go-go, VU, gainsbourg, etc. - Crystal Anis LP (2012)

just listened to a few le pécheur tracks. they're doing something a bit different, imo. the sound is darker, noisier, more closely tied to heavy throwback psych rock and contemporary lo fi sonics. somewhere between retro pop, "shitgaze" and a black angels demo. singing and songwriting are a lot less appealing, too.

liminanas are as close to candy-coated modernist stuff like pizzicato 5, stereolab and april march as they are to grubby garage rock. kitschy but not quite cloying. to the extent that they do scan "rock", i associate them with the likes of the raveonettes, holly golightly and darklands-era jesus and mary chain: clean, orderly, catchy and rather simplistic (in a good way).

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loving this band so hard. so catchy, so cool. chocolate in my milk is such a great song. really cool album structures too, with the instrumentals and the recurring motifs and exotic instruments and whatnot. one thing i will say, this isn`t really meant as a criticism, but the two albums sound very similar? doesn't sound like they progressed, or maybe, more likely, they are determined to make a very specific type of music.

anyway this band is great. <3

They really capture this stiff, squared-off feel to the beats in yé-yé that doesn't come through in other bands that toy with the influence. It's hard to recreate that showbiz studio musician feel after decades of rock rocking harder.

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b-side "Mobylette" is life-affirming: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwev9u_the-liminanas-mobylette-feat-nadege_music#.UR7ZPKWUflo

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQKN1Ye2bVk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1mDARCtRn4

this is awesome - discovering this has made my day

Thread bump made me look to see what they're up to.. and there's a new album out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW_xoZYTAso

It's a strangely jammy record after the concision of the last one. I like it, but it's scattered.

New comp with all the assorted singles out there:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/ive-got-trouble-in-mind-7-and-rare-stuff-2009-2014-mw0002739175

New album in April!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUxFdediY7Q

I've always liked this band, but underrated them. Some of the strongest guitar rock of the last dozen years. "I'm Dead" is as perfect as this kind of music can get.

Full hour show from this month streaming here: http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/festivals/le-printemps-de-bourges/the-liminanas-au-printemps-de-bourges-2016-237267

so psyched for new album! 2 months overdue, but w/e!

been listening to & thinking about this band a lot lately. maybe cuz stereolabe poll, i dunno.

The new album is an achievement in how well they've optimized themselves and their sound. Every song is so "them" that all twelve songs pass by in one 70min long blur. Every song is the same because because you can just listen to it as one long piece. Of course I love love love this stuff. I can only find interviews of them in French, but machine-translated Lionel Limiñana keeps referring to the importance of "The Riff." I can't think of a better philosophy to life.

Just found these guys and love them. It's so great finding a new band and then they already have 4 really good albums out.
I'm buying the hard copies of all four since they are albums I play from start to finish.

I've been enjoying this kinda similar band lately. Also French, a little noisier.

http://jcsatan.bandcamp.com/album/hell-death-samba-lp

I went to see the Liminanas last night. It was louder, rougher, wilder, trippier and altogether 'bigger' than I expected. Seven members on stage, for a start. More riffage, more percussive and less sweet than I thought.

I do miss their simpler days - I do like this a lot though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTWVYR0Su5w

Really liking the L’Épée album quite a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHAdJ97EacA

I love how the Liminanas, as a duo, are inherently collaborative, and somehow leave their kosmi-yeye stamp on everything while letting Newcombe (et al) do his thing too.

Like, blending with Pascal Comelade's wistful toy instruments, both artists' mojo intact, not to mention the Cramps and the original Green Fuz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOAokJ5-zY4&list=PL6LMqyA6pFtDXsF6Tk6RGeo_wJJWbdQkM&index=15

They've been podcasting while the quarantine is on: https://soundcloud.com/the-limi-anas