2016, EAN: 5060421564302

On the cover of their new album Malamore, their first album for Because Music, Lionel and Marie Limiñanas are back in black, and looking ineffably cool, standing next to a classic silver … Plus…

On the cover of their new album Malamore, their first album for Because Music, Lionel and Marie Limiñanas are back in black, and looking ineffably cool, standing next to a classic silver Fifties trailer, shot at a beach festival in the French town of Paulilles by the Spanish border, just 30 minutes drive from the duo's home town of Perpignan. They'd been playing a DJ set, "only with 45 rpm vinyl - Sixties punk, Italian pop, movie soundtracks and Seventies rock tracks," they recall. "The picture syncs well to the colour of Malamore, like the artwork of a movie soundtrack. The lettering on the cover is significant too." The content of their DJ set, and the fact that Malamore is also the title of a 1982 Italian film and a word that describes an obsessive brand of unrequited love, are the keys to unlocking The Limiñanas, one of France's most beloved treasures, and their latest and greatest album, rooted in garage-punk but with the flair and range of a movie soundtrack: Serge Gainsbourg, meets Yé-Yé meets Phil Spector, the Nuggets compilations and early Stooges and Suicide albums meets the Sixties film genres of Commedia All'italiana and FrenchNouveau Vague, while sounding only like The Limiñanas. "We integrate a lot of different influences," Marie and Lionel declare, "but most of the time, it's unconsciously, and very naïve." Malamore, like its 2013 predecessor Costa Blanca, is even structured like a soundtrack, "or a reading book record, like we had in our childhoods,' the couple explain. "With Malamore, we were thinking of Sixties Italian sketch movies: Dino Risi'sLes Monstres [The Monsters] is a great example. The main idea is a story with a start and an end, which can be linked even if they exist in different universes. Everything here is about love stories - thwarted love, aborted passions, funny or dramatic. But our album isn't directly related to the Italian movie, we just found the title adapted to our record, and the title alone sounded really good!" As usual, Marie is on drums and vocals, and Lionel on guitar, bass, keyboards and vocals, but Malamore also features a stable of guests. Their high school friend Guillaume Picard sings on four tracks; Nika Leeflang, who is part of The Limiñanas' live incarnation, and Sarah McCoy, also sing; Laurent Sales plays bouzouki; Nicolas Delseny plays some epic acid-fuzz guitar; Franck Mengin plays the 'Stoogie' drum on "Zippo"; Pascal Comelade (with whom The Limiñanas collaborated on the 2013 instrumental album Traité De Guitarres Triolectiques À L'usage Des Portugaises Ensablées) wrote, and plays INSTRUMENT on, the closing instrumental "The Train Creep A-Loopin'", which sounds exactly like it reads. But the most notable guest features on the duo's favouriteMalamore track, the hypnotic, dreamy "Garden Of Love": on bass and chorus vocals is none other than the legendary Peter Hook. "We are huge fans of Joy Division and New Order, and Peter completely transformed the song," Marie and Lionel say. "We are really proud of the song, and that he agreed to spare us a little bit of his time." There are other legends on Malamore, such as The Kingmen's garage classic "Louie Louie" (one of Lionel's all-time favourite singles) named in the hypnotic "The Dead Are Walking" and actors Robert Mitchum and Robert Duvall referenced in the pulsing title track: "Our story needed two tough characters who were ready to fight, to take revenge on an flouted honour. Think of Duvall in The Godfather or Apocalypse Now, and Mitchum's psycho from Cape Fear or Night Of The Hunter!" Shifting from dramatic scene to scene, Malamore - just like The Limiñanas themselves - is a magnificently moody experience, music for the ears and the eyes, and quite unlike any other record you'll hear in 2016. Musik > Rock & Pop 14.4 cm x 12.7 cm x 0.7 cm mm , Alive Ag, CD, Alive Ag<

2016, EAN: 5060421564302

On the cover of their new album Malamore, their first album for Because Music, Lionel and Marie Limiñanas are back in black, and looking ineffably cool, standing next to a classic silver … Plus…

On the cover of their new album Malamore, their first album for Because Music, Lionel and Marie Limiñanas are back in black, and looking ineffably cool, standing next to a classic silver Fifties trailer, shot at a beach festival in the French town of Paulilles by the Spanish border, just 30 minutes drive from the duo's home town of Perpignan. They'd been playing a DJ set, "only with 45 rpm vinyl - Sixties punk, Italian pop, movie soundtracks and Seventies rock tracks," they recall. "The picture syncs well to the colour of Malamore, like the artwork of a movie soundtrack. The lettering on the cover is significant too." The content of their DJ set, and the fact that Malamore is also the title of a 1982 Italian film and a word that describes an obsessive brand of unrequited love, are the keys to unlocking The Limiñanas, one of France's most beloved treasures, and their latest and greatest album, rooted in garage-punk but with the flair and range of a movie soundtrack: Serge Gainsbourg, meets Yé-Yé meets Phil Spector, the Nuggets compilations and early Stooges and Suicide albums meets the Sixties film genres of Commedia All'italiana and FrenchNouveau Vague, while sounding only like The Limiñanas. "We integrate a lot of different influences," Marie and Lionel declare, "but most of the time, it's unconsciously, and very naïve." Malamore, like its 2013 predecessor Costa Blanca, is even structured like a soundtrack, "or a reading book record, like we had in our childhoods,' the couple explain. "With Malamore, we were thinking of Sixties Italian sketch movies: Dino Risi'sLes Monstres [The Monsters] is a great example. The main idea is a story with a start and an end, which can be linked even if they exist in different universes. Everything here is about love stories - thwarted love, aborted passions, funny or dramatic. But our album isn't directly related to the Italian movie, we just found the title adapted to our record, and the title alone sounded really good!" As usual, Marie is on drums and vocals, and Lionel on guitar, bass, keyboards and vocals, but Malamore also features a stable of guests. Their high school friend Guillaume Picard sings on four tracks; Nika Leeflang, who is part of The Limiñanas' live incarnation, and Sarah McCoy, also sing; Laurent Sales plays bouzouki; Nicolas Delseny plays some epic acid-fuzz guitar; Franck Mengin plays the 'Stoogie' drum on "Zippo"; Pascal Comelade (with whom The Limiñanas collaborated on the 2013 instrumental album Traité De Guitarres Triolectiques À L'usage Des Portugaises Ensablées) wrote, and plays INSTRUMENT on, the closing instrumental "The Train Creep A-Loopin'", which sounds exactly like it reads. But the most notable guest features on the duo's favouriteMalamore track, the hypnotic, dreamy "Garden Of Love": on bass and chorus vocals is none other than the legendary Peter Hook. "We are huge fans of Joy Division and New Order, and Peter completely transformed the song," Marie and Lionel say. "We are really proud of the song, and that he agreed to spare us a little bit of his time." There are other legends on Malamore, such as The Kingmen's garage classic "Louie Louie" (one of Lionel's all-time favourite singles) named in the hypnotic "The Dead Are Walking" and actors Robert Mitchum and Robert Duvall referenced in the pulsing title track: "Our story needed two tough characters who were ready to fight, to take revenge on an flouted honour. Think of Duvall in The Godfather or Apocalypse Now, and Mitchum's psycho from Cape Fear or Night Of The Hunter!" Shifting from dramatic scene to scene, Malamore - just like The Limiñanas themselves - is a magnificently moody experience, music for the ears and the eyes, and quite unlike any other record you'll hear in 2016. Musik > Rock & Pop 14.4 cm x 12.7 cm x 0.7 cm mm , Alive Ag, Alive Ag<

2016, EAN: 5060421564302

On the cover of their new album Malamore, their first album for Because Music, Lionel and Marie Limiñanas are back in black, and looking ineffably cool, standing next to a classic silver … Plus…

On the cover of their new album Malamore, their first album for Because Music, Lionel and Marie Limiñanas are back in black, and looking ineffably cool, standing next to a classic silver Fifties trailer, shot at a beach festival in the French town of Paulilles by the Spanish border, just 30 minutes drive from the duo's home town of Perpignan. They'd been playing a DJ set, 'only with 45 rpm vinyl - Sixties punk, Italian pop, movie soundtracks and Seventies rock tracks,' they recall. 'The picture syncs well to the colour of Malamore, like the artwork of a movie soundtrack. The lettering on the cover is significant too.' The content of their DJ set, and the fact that Malamore is also the title of a 1982 Italian film and a word that describes an obsessive brand of unrequited love, are the keys to unlocking The Limiñanas, one of France's most beloved treasures, and their latest and greatest album, rooted in garage-punk but with the flair and range of a movie soundtrack: Serge Gainsbourg, meets Yé-Yé meets Phil Spector, the Nuggets compilations and early Stooges and Suicide albums meets the Sixties film genres of Commedia All'italiana and FrenchNouveau Vague, while sounding only like The Limiñanas. 'We integrate a lot of different influences,' Marie and Lionel declare, 'but most of the time, it's unconsciously, and very naïve.' Malamore, like its 2013 predecessor Costa Blanca, is even structured like a soundtrack, 'or a reading book record, like we had in our childhoods,' the couple explain. 'With Malamore, we were thinking of Sixties Italian sketch movies: Dino Risi'sLes Monstres [The Monsters] is a great example. The main idea is a story with a start and an end, which can be linked even if they exist in different universes. Everything here is about love stories - thwarted love, aborted passions, funny or dramatic. But our album isn't directly related to the Italian movie, we just found the title adapted to our record, and the title alone sounded really good!' As usual, Marie is on drums and vocals, and Lionel on guitar, bass, keyboards and vocals, but Malamore also features a stable of guests. Their high school friend Guillaume Picard sings on four tracks; Nika Leeflang, who is part of The Limiñanas' live incarnation, and Sarah McCoy, also sing; Laurent Sales plays bouzouki; Nicolas Delseny plays some epic acid-fuzz guitar; Franck Mengin plays the 'Stoogie' drum on 'Zippo'; Pascal Comelade (with whom The Limiñanas collaborated on the 2013 instrumental album Traité De Guitarres Triolectiques À L'usage Des Portugaises Ensablées) wrote, and plays INSTRUMENT on, the closing instrumental 'The Train Creep A-Loopin'', which sounds exactly like it reads. But the most notable guest features on the duo's favouriteMalamore track, the hypnotic, dreamy 'Garden Of Love': on bass and chorus vocals is none other than the legendary Peter Hook. 'We are huge fans of Joy Division and New Order, and Peter completely transformed the song,' Marie and Lionel say. 'We are really proud of the song, and that he agreed to spare us a little bit of his time.' There are other legends on Malamore, such as The Kingmen's garage classic 'Louie Louie' (one of Lionel's all-time favourite singles) named in the hypnotic 'The Dead Are Walking' and actors Robert Mitchum and Robert Duvall referenced in the pulsing title track: 'Our story needed two tough characters who were ready to fight, to take revenge on an flouted honour. Think of Duvall in The Godfather or Apocalypse Now, and Mitchum's psycho from Cape Fear or Night Of The Hunter!' Shifting from dramatic scene to scene, Malamore - just like The Limiñanas themselves - is a magnificently moody experience, music for the ears and the eyes, and quite unlike any other record you'll hear in 2016. Musik 14.4 x 12.7 x 0.7 cm , Alive Ag, Alive Ag<

2009, EAN: 5060421564302

The {|Limiñanas|} arrived fully formed on their first single in 2009 and haven't strayed too far from their winning formula. Drummer {|Marie|} and bassist, guitarist, and organist {|Lion… Plus…

The {|Limiñanas|} arrived fully formed on their first single in 2009 and haven't strayed too far from their winning formula. Drummer {|Marie|} and bassist, guitarist, and organist {|Lionel|} established a unique sound derived from the pop of {|Serge Gainsbourg|}, the smoky sophistication of '60s film soundtracks, the lo-fi buzz of {|the Velvet Underground|}, and the melodic sweetness of {|the Jesus and Mary Chain|} right away, and their fourth album, Malamore, is built on this same framework. As with previous albums, part of the fun is seeing what they might add or subtract from the equation. Previous albums have added some acoustic folk elements, some arty drone, or a little bit of surfy twang, while welcoming an interesting array of guests. To the latter point, Malamore features guitarist {|Pascal Comelade|} on the bustling wah-wah-heavy song that closes the album,The Train Creep A-Loopin, and ex-{|New Order|} bassist {|Peter Hook|} adds his trademarked bass sound to the loping ballad Garden of Love. To the former, there isn't much experimentation this time around. The band sounds focused and tightly wound, the songs are punchy and hooky, and the side trips are kept to a minimum. Where past albums may have meandered a bit, creating atmospheric avenues to explore, Malamore hits the listener over the head with one perfect-sounding track after another. Uptempo rockers like Dahlia Rouge and the fierce title track are bound to inspire some goofy dance moves; the raging guitar workout Zippo will satisfy those who need six-stringed mayhem. Fans of cool, deadpan French pop will dig tracks like Prisunic and The Dead Are Walking, which get their kicks without breaking a sweat. The songs that bring the intensity down a notch, like Garden of Love, show off the duo's softer side without losing any of their edge. By the end, they add up to something really special. All their records to this point have been really strong; Malamore is where they make a grab for brilliance. Music>Music>Pop Rock>Pop Rock>Pop Rock, Imports Core >3<

2009, EAN: 5060421564302

The {|Limiñanas|} arrived fully formed on their first single in 2009 and haven't strayed too far from their winning formula. Drummer {|Marie|} and bassist, guitarist, and organist {|Lione… Plus…

The {|Limiñanas|} arrived fully formed on their first single in 2009 and haven't strayed too far from their winning formula. Drummer {|Marie|} and bassist, guitarist, and organist {|Lionel|} established a unique sound derived from the pop of {|Serge Gainsbourg|}, the smoky sophistication of '60s film soundtracks, the lo-fi buzz of {|the Velvet Underground|}, and the melodic sweetness of {|the Jesus and Mary Chain|} right away, and their fourth album, Malamore, is built on this same framework. As with previous albums, part of the fun is seeing what they might add or subtract from the equation. Previous albums have added some acoustic folk elements, some arty drone, or a little bit of surfy twang, while welcoming an interesting array of guests. To the latter point, Malamore features guitarist {|Pascal Comelade|} on the bustling wah-wah-heavy song that closes the album,The Train Creep A-Loopin, and ex-{|New Order|} bassist {|Peter Hook|} adds his trademarked bass sound to the loping ballad Garden of Love. To the former, there isn't much experimentation this time around. The band sounds focused and tightly wound, the songs are punchy and hooky, and the side trips are kept to a minimum. Where past albums may have meandered a bit, creating atmospheric avenues to explore, Malamore hits the listener over the head with one perfect-sounding track after another. Uptempo rockers like Dahlia Rouge and the fierce title track are bound to inspire some goofy dance moves; the raging guitar workout Zippo will satisfy those who need six-stringed mayhem. Fans of cool, deadpan French pop will dig tracks like Prisunic and The Dead Are Walking, which get their kicks without breaking a sweat. The songs that bring the intensity down a notch, like Garden of Love, show off the duo's softer side without losing any of their edge. By the end, they add up to something really special. All their records to this point have been really strong; Malamore is where they make a grab for brilliance. Music>Music>Pop Rock>Pop Rock>Pop Rock, Imports Core >3<