Hushpuppies - Silence is Golden 2007

Thanks to MFP/LRR. Energetic French indie rock combo Hushpuppies originally started out as Likyds, a locally known group that bandmembers Olivier Jourdan (vocals), Cyrille Sudreaud(guitars, backing vocals), Wilfried Jourdan (keyboards), andJean Pompidor (drums) formed in their native town of Perpignan. In the early 2000s the kids moved to Paris, where they were joined by an old friend, Guillame Le Guen, who the band referred to as "the best bass player in Bordeaux" -- and thus Hushpuppies were born. Equally fascinated by the wild unpredictability of punk rock, angular melancholy of post-punk, hypnotic precision of Krautrock, and plain good old noise-making of rock music in general, Hushpuppies allied themselves with singer and musicianBenjamin Diamond (best known as the performer of Stardust's "Music Sounds Better with You," a big European dance hit of 1998), who was also conveniently the owner of the independent label Diamondtraxx. The label issued their debut record, The Trap, in 2005; it was released in more then 20 countries and became an independent hit in France, selling more than 20,000 copies. In support of the record, Hushpuppies played more than 100 gigs all across Europe, as well as in Russia and Japan. Their sophomore record, Silence Is Golden, recorded with producer Peter Deimel (known for his work with the Kills and dEUS), was released in 2007 and preceded by the single "I Want My Kate Moss."
This French five-piece likes to classify its music as garage rock, but the clean modern rock on SILENCE IS GOLDEN has a sophisticated sheen usually absent in that genre. The radio-friendly pop of Maroon 5 would be a better touchpoint than the MC5. Peppy organ playing buoys tracks like "A Trip to Vienna" and the first single, "Down Down Down," and "Love Bandits" has an appealing lightness. AMG.

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