Louise Attaque

French folk-rock quartet Louise Attaque emerged among the most effective new functions of their generation via their award-winning 1997 debut LP. Vocalist/guitarist Gaëtan Roussel and bassist Robin Feix 1st met as college kids, bonding over their common obsession with well-known music. While learning in Paris, they created the group Caravage, enlisting drummer Alexandre Margraff to try out the neighborhood nightclub circuit. A protracted acoustic tour adopted, and upon time for Paris the trio added violinist Arnaud Samuel, whose string accompaniment heralded their embrace of richer, even more folk-inspired melodic textures. After implementing the name Louise Attaque, the brand new lineup documented its 1st demonstration tape and came back to touring. Carrying out a discovery appearance in the Printemps de Bourges event, they authorized to the Atmosphériques label and journeyed to Brussels to begin with focus on their debut, made by Gordon Gano of American university rock and roll legends Violent Femmes. Issued in Apr 1997, Louise Attaque’s self-titled recording gradually demonstrated a grassroots achievement, ultimately selling a lot more than 2.5 million copies regardless of limited advertising. A return overall performance in the Printemps de Bourges event was essential in building their group of fans, as was a three-night stint at Paris’ La Cigale. In the annual Victoires de la Musique honours in early 1999, Louise Attaque gained Best Band of the entire year honors, creating a lot more outsized goals because of their 2000 follow-up, Comme on the Dit. While generally sticking with the formula specified on the initial LP, the record even so boasted an edgier audio compared to the debut, and demonstrated another commercial achievement. Eschewing typical tour advertising, Louise Attaque rather curated a vacationing celebration show, backed by performers including Mickey 3D, Cornu, and Les Wampas aswell as U.S. take action 16 Hp. At year’s end the music group continued hiatus, even though Roussel and Samuel collaborated like a duo on L’Atelier, an acoustic recording issued beneath the name Tarmac, Feix and Magraff also came into the studio room, creating an electric work as Ali Dragon. After spending a lot of 2004 documenting at NY City’s famed Electric powered Ladyland, Louise Attaque finally released their third recording, AN ADVANTAGE Tard Crocodile, in nov 2005, introducing components of electronica and reggae absent from earlier attempts. In 2006 they released the live recording En Concert – Y’a t’il quelqu’el ici? Their 1st Greatest of compilation, Du monde tout autour adopted in 2011.