French rock groups

That Trust cover art is good fodder for the "one band member refuses to play along" thread.

Not en francias, and not even particularly representative of the band, but song has always felt like a precursor to PJ Harvey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBNEJX6GC20

Has anybody mentioned
Deity Guns
Batarde
Rotomagus
Chico's Magnetic Band

the early 70s prog scene
Ange
Alice
etc etc

or the new volume of Souljazz's Punk 45 which is why I assumed this thread had been revived

The Arachnoïd s/t is imperative for all fans of unusual rock music. Opening track is a stunner

I seem to recall seeing something on an Orange Goblin tour feed where the lead singer for Soggy might have joined them or met them at a gig last year. It was the first time I had heard of Soggy.

xp You're not wrong! Somehow I've never heard this before

stevolende: you did, two years ago! :)

the punk 45 comp was interesting. got me to check out the dogs and guilty razors... as well as a 3 dans les wc, which may have been mentioned here? they're fairly well known. the thing was, i wasn't as much into it as i was into some of the french stuff on the "fake punk" comp "je suis punk". seriously, one listen to pas vraiment mechant by sexe a pile and you can fuck your authenticity narratives.

Shakin' Street made two pretty kick-ass albums. Though their singer was a woman, so she probably didn't sing about women or maybe she did.
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Wednesday, April 9, 2003 11:55 PM (fourteen years ago)
She did sing about Susie Wong which was the title of a great single from their s/t first album and up to two days ago the only Shakin' Street song I'd ever heard (tho' I may have played the B-side once or twice).

Two days ago was idly flipping through the CDs in Kensington library and finding said first album. Bit of a Wow! moment; never expected to see that again.

I have been listing to French rock for like three days now, why don't I understand French yet?

You need to turn it up louder, my friend.

BTWxxxp there's a Kas Product comp on Soul Jazz but I think all of the tracks on it were issued relatively recently as bonus tracks on the reissues of their first two albums.

http://www.progarchives.com/french-progressive-rock-scene.asp

ugh that was hard to read. i'm listening to the last album by manu booz right now, though, and it's some pretty nice prog; slightly too much shredding for my taste, but some good writing too. reminds me a little bit of arrigo barnabe.

That article doesn't even mention Arachnoid! I despair

also omits art zoyd, moving gelatine plates, eskaton, weidorje, sandrose, pentacle, memoriance...

Currently loving Jacques Dutronc, La Femme, Lescop, Les Limiñanas.

Magma's Live is being reissued with bonus tracks.

that's cool but they're the same bonus tracks that have been on the cds since seventh first issued them in '89 :)

https://www.discogs.com/Aquaserge-Laisse-%C3%87a-%C3%8Atre/master/1129921

happy bastille day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XNpsjpOI8A

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Happy Bastille Day mf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhQkku7jLfo

Here's a great, ear-opening article about the French underground:

https://thequietus.com/articles/26936-french-underground-music-1970s

Any good compilations covering this era? Seems ripe for Soul Jazz to do something similar to their stellar krautrock samplers.

There was a post recently about a compilatiom based on the NWW list which was all French music from that era. Check the NWW List thread.

As I said on that thread, I spent some time a few years ago listening to a lot of avant garde French rock from that era and though there's a lot of great stuff, I don't think there's as much of it as there was in Germany at the same time.

That's an interesting article, but I've tried to get into Magma at least a half dozen times and they suuuuuck. And the Pinhas/Heldon albums I've heard (old stuff as well as recent music, including collaborations with Merzbow and other folks) are just weirdly static and bland.

Yeah Iceland is the only Pinhaus thing I’ve dug

It’s pretty “static” though

The new Feu ! Chatterton furthers cements their status as the Radiohead de la nouvelle chanson française.

Presumably they sing in French!

They do, they do, and Arthur Teboul is an especially fine lyricist.

Hauts, hauts garcons

I do miss the more overt rawk stylings of their debut, though. They struck just the right balance on that one.

I'm appreciating what could be perceived as a risk taken with taste level, although that said, more an indicator of different transcanal attitudes to kitsch

I just heard yerman yell 'UNI-ROYAUME', wonder what he could have been saying lol

That's a very diplomatic way of putting it – perhaps the Rejoin campaign will win out in the end.

Besides, as their name indicates, these five lads are very fond of your side of the Manche.

oh I didn't know there was a new one, thanks for the heads-up!

The final four songs are refreshingly strong for a 1h10m album. 'Laissons filer' may be the highlight.

Granted, the closer is a reprise of the opener. His delivery of 'attraper le bluetooth' makes me chuckle every time.

A new Lescop album is out today. First in 8 years! Anyone heard?

Some details here: https://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/lescop-enfin-de-retour-avec-reve-parti-album-incisif-autant-quelegant-605290-31-01-2024/