≠ FAUVE (independent)
http://fauvecorp.com/
Parisian post rock band ≠ FAUVE are quite the zeitgeisty phenomenon in France right now, similar aesthetically and sonically to British Sea Power, also reminiscent of Mogwai (but with more overt hip hop influences). Having only released videos up until their debut self-released ‘Blizzard’ EP in May, ≠ FAUVE’s devoted fans know all their lyrics by heart and snap up tickets to the band’s shows, selling them out in minutes like at their recent monthly live residency at La Fleche D’Or. It seems ≠ FAUVE have struck a tone with the current disaffected generation, their music addressing the general difficulties facing the common man to survive in today’s society. Read on for more about ≠ FAUVE and their timely mission statement:
≠ FAUVE is an open collective – what they like to call a CORP – that operates on various formats (music, videos, photos, texts, visuals, web, etc.) to put forth and share their common intention and belief: tell of the starkness of modern human relations, refuse defeat, have the right to weakness, the almighty power of words and the never-ending quest for love with a big L (whichever that may be).
The founding members of ≠ FAUVE are long-time friends. They first started out by uniting around music with a need for collective externalization. The result is a French spoken word dropped on instrumental tracks ranging from hip-hop to pop; this also explains the depth of the texts, written without lyricism and openly transparent from start to end.