Songs/Revolving

Description

With only one EP under their belt, the band Stuffed Foxes have carved out a solid reputation on stage, where their sunny, psychedelic, noisy rock 'n' roll takes on the air of a collective trance. Six twenty-somethings – including 3 guitarists! – who dabble in psyche/shoegaze and noisy attacks stretched to the point of abandon. Abandon of postures and conventions. Abandon of the body when emotion can no longer keep its head and the feet leave the rhythm of these battered beats. Above all, six childhood friends, and a code name ("stuffed foxes") that smells of an acid trip... enough to explain the underlying layers and multiple entry points. The melodies, too, get lost in echoes and reverberate through the (electrified) strings. It must be admitted that if the (English-language) lyrics are sparse, it's all the better to highlight the musicality, confirmed with their first LP, "Songs/Revolving," produced, recorded, and mixed by Thomas Poli (Dominique A, Laetitia Shériff, Montgomery...). “Songs written to be played loud,” reads the back of the album cover? More than a return to the instinctive, Stuffed Foxes' music – dense, sinewy, and knowing how to manage its effects – only incites intensity... that of the moment which takes on its full meaning on stage. And which, within the inner circle of the rising French rock scene (Lysistrata, SLIFT, and The Psychotics Monks), has found a way to expand the circle. Without cheating.