Le Corps Mince de Francoise

They’re cool and bored

Imagine, if you can, a remote island, devoid of all human contact, except for the musical offerings of CSS, Yelle, Robots In Disguise, Chicks On Speed, Le Tigre, and… er, Daphne & Celeste. Now imagine it has a population of three and you’ll be somewhere in the sonic region of Le Corps Mince de Francoise’s The Thin Body Of Francoise.

For those of you who thought CSS’s second album, Donkey, was a little too mainstream, then this band will have you jumping for joy in your ill-fitting Technicolor catsuit. The “three sisters of sitting bull” (Emma, Mia, and Malin) hail from Helsinki in Finland and cite “big teeth” and “Mahatma Gandhi” among their influences. The bowl haircut-sporting trio seem as comfortable covered in Post It notes and constructing cardboard guitars as they do chucking out laissez faire electro Yell Pop.

Forthcoming single ‘Rayban Glasses’ hits you with its school-chanting skip-along lyrics, and M.I.A Gangalang horn section, like a horde of well-meaning hoodies (hell bent on painting your comfortable two bed semi a shocking shade of fluro green). ‘Bitch Of The Bitches’ is Peaches through and through; minimalistic, and yet with a pop accessibility that the grandmother of electro filth could never have. The Russ Chimes Remix gives it that ‘Techtonik’ touch that seems to grace all French electro offerings these days – and it’s all the better for it.

“These experimental pop chicks with their energetic live performances and stupid hairdos are gonna be rulers of the world,” states a review on their MySpace page.

Le Corps Mince de Francoise play as part of Helsinki In Berlin at the PopKomm Festival on 9th October. They also play at the Social Club in Paris on 15th and Notting Hill Arts Club in London on 24th October.

The Ray-Ban Glasses EP will be out on 29th October on Finnish indie label NEW JUDAS.

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