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Les Sans Culottes : Fixation Orale
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Francophiles rejoice. This is the hippest punky pop combo this side of the Seine - BOSTON GLOBE
Genre: Rock: 80's Rock
Release Date: 2004
Fixation Orale Record Label: Aeronaut Records
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Toxico (the Addict) 3:21 Album Only
Allô Allô (Hello I love You) 2:04 Album Only
Garçon Culotté (the Saucy Boy) 2:14 Album Only
Tout Va Bien (It's All Good) 3:12 Album Only
Train à Grande Vitesse (High Speed Train) 2:45 Album Only
Li Kantu (Esperanto Song) 4:27 Album Only
Téléphone Douche (Telephone Shower) 3:15 Album Only
Ménage à Toi (Mix It Up With You) 2:37 Album Only
La Radio (When I listen to the radio) 3:01 Album Only
Poupée de Cire (Wax Doll) 2:32 Album Only
Deux Boules de Glace (Two Scoops of Ice Cream) 3:21 Album Only
Voyage au Bout de l'Ennui (Journey to the End of the Night 2:51 Album Only
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excerpt from the Los Angeles Weekly - -Libby Molyneaux

Les French - why are they so very très enchanté ?Je ne sais pas , but ici est un spirited sept -member ensemble from l'arrondisement known as Brooklyn (pronounced "Bruke-leen"), which we couldn't locate on a map but must be the Silver Lake of Paris, judging by the band's mismatched old clothes and smoky aura that's both alluring and repulsive. Named for the "ill-clad and ill-equipped volunteers of the French Revolutionary army," Les Sans Culottes (meaning "without underpants") take on the '60s French pop sound of Serge Gainsbourg and add arrangements à la the 5th Dimension to ridiculously groovy effect.

San Diego

The love-child of Serge Gainsbourg and Combustible Edison, Les Sans Culottes delivers a cheeky homage to '60s-era French pop replete with clever lyrics, ridiculous aliases and spot-on vocals and instrumentation that could've been lifted from the "Umbrellas of Cherbourg" soundtrack.
The band's upcoming CD... was produced by local hitmaker Mike Andrews (of Gary Jules/"Donnie Darko"/"Mad World" fame).

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