Revolver guns for America

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 | musiX

As we come down from celebrating America’s independence by getting drunk, blowing shit up and barbecuing wieners (all things I wholeheartedly endorse), I shall now whisk you away to a faraway place. Come along, won’t you?

A little something for you Francophiles out there—a Parisian band named after a Beatles album who’s finally ready to release their debut LP here in the States. The three cheeky chic lads in Revolver have been making music since 2006, opting for acoustic instruments due to the fact they were writing songs in an apartment … I mean appartement.

Revolver’s music has been referred to as pop de chambre—they’d do extremely well here in Portland if they all grew beards and wore period clothing. Harmonies are sweet. Hooks are hook-y. All three are classically trained musicians (cellist Jérémie Arcache knew nothing outside of classical music until his late teens). It all came together on the group’s debut EP, fittingly titled Pop de Chambre. Last year Revolver added a drummer, incorporated more guitars and released Music For a While in France to rave reviews. The record was produced by [Cred alert!] Julien Delfaud, who twiddled the knobs on Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, and is set for release here August 24 on Astralwerks.

Bottom line: These kids have made a damn fine pop album (preview a few tracks at their fancy website). Let’s see, it’s been 123 years, three months and 21 days since France gifted America the Statue of Liberty. Now they give us Revolver—I’ll take flesh and blood and rock ‘n’ roll over a bunch of copper and steel any day.

“Get Around Town” - Revolver

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