Drop the ciggies, pass the courvoisier, get your oven gloves out for this one – red hot new and a total world premiere. BEAMS‘ latest gem gets the Matias Quarleri treatment. Now, Matias appears to be somewhat of a behind-the-scenes producer over in New York, working on his personal debut to come out this fall, snack his channel for more. So so deep.
BEAMS, pictured above buttoning his shirt, has just released a 2-song single with the freshest label Cascine. Sort of fruity electro pop with a very dancy twist to it that makes it very hard to sit still. Snack the hypnotic A-side Feeling That The Feeling’s Right below – right after the exquisite summer night remix of the b-side Quiet Arms by Matias Quarleri. Hit it.
So, picture this. France. Bretagne. Saint Malo. The coast. Fort de Saint-Père, a medieval fortification set up under the reign of Louis the 16th – so basically, rather old. Now, in this setup, twice a year La Route du Rock, one of France’s most prestigious festivals is taking place. Twice, because they can. The summer edition is going down August 13-16th. Among the headliners are Jamie xx, Portishead, Moderat, Anna Calvi, Mac DeMarco and many more.
However, the one Team Poule is the absolute most excited about is the French outfit Pegase. Their smooth dream pop is among the finest you will ever find. And not only does Route Du Rock take place in a fort, it also has quite an amazing stage set up right by the beach – I mean, does it get any better than that? Does not. Pegase will play La Plage – no shit, a stage called La Plage – on Saturday afternoon, 4pm. Attached below is their magnificently smooth track Sanny’s Baby – a song the team recently provided to the soundtrack of the latest Louis Vuitton travel book, hey-yo!
And for those who still have energy left on Sunday, just dip in the sea OR join the traditional football tournament Sport Is Not Dead that will be played out right on the beach. What better way to spend a weekend in the middle of August? Pack your tent and loved one – and snag a last ticket here.
Freedom Fry – your favorite American French combo since steak frites returns with a beautiful summer single. The Wilder Mile is tambourine-fused happiness carefully dispensed over 202 seconds. Inspiring, the perfect soundtrack for a little twilight ride on your bicycle on a hot summer evening. Not sure if steak frites does actually qualify as an American French dish though.
It’s Monday. It’s July. It’s hottt outside and you are probably in between two festivals casually checking up on your favorite feathered website. So this smoothness of a song is Sweden’s About Girls latest offering, dripping. Yet another remix after doing Rick Astley, and NONONO the honour, among others.
So Sportsman is like next Swedish R&B thing. Now, Team Poule is anything but an expert on R&B, let alone Swedish. But this is some talented and quite Sportsman-like conduct going on here. Anyway, About Girls are it, the talk of the city. They used to be a duo, now operating as a solo – which can be a healthy way to do things. Hit play, your Monday hasn’t been this smooth yet.
Hamburg based lo-fi ambient electro rock star Luka is set to release his debut EP titled The Nest on July 28th. And if you are in Hamburg this Friday, head out to Uebel & Gefährlich for the release party that will be the talk of the city for weeks to come. Doors at 23.00.
Attached below is the smooth Cult.
Here is a summer night banger for you. Palace Winter is made up of Australian country singer Carl Coleman and Danish super producer Caspar Hesselager, who you should know by now. What’s great about this is the perfect harmony of how voice and music just fit, it just sounds very good. A thing of beaut. And the two are trying to market their first song as a summer-driving song that is perfect for road trips, and while usually Team Poule likes to come up with their own blurb, I couldn’t agree more. What a driver song this is. Get me into a car, now.
