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"OLD Album Review (GER)"

Indie Dance Rock`n´Roll. Abgedroschen, schrill und pink. Dazu ein Hauch Glamour und fertig sind Les Fauves. Die Italiener mit dem französischen Bandnamen haben nun ihr Debüt veröffentlicht, dass dreizehn tanzbare 60s Indie-Pop Stücke beinhaltet, die mächtig auf die Kacke hauen. Treibende Bässe und aufdringliche schrille Stimmen scheinen das Konzept der Italiener zu sein. Das alles hört sich an wie auf einem rasenden Karussell mit zu viel Zuckerwatte.
Dabei ist Italien nicht gerade die Geburtsstätte des Indie-Rocks. Trotzdem entsteht ein sehr englisch klingendes und tolles Indiealbum, dass auf dem italienischen Label Urtovox veröffentlicht wurde.
Sie spielten schon im Vorprogramm von Art Brut und den Dirty Pretty Things. Dort konnten sie sicherlich etwas von dem Spaßmacher Eddie Argos und der guten Seite der Libertines, Carl Barat, abgucken. Lupenreine Hits wie Fava Go Go Dancer“ beweisen, dass sich was tut im stiefelförmigen Lande der Mafia und Spaghetti. Die 2006 erschienene EP mit dem wunderlichem Namen Our Dildo Can Change Your Life“ hat bereits das Konzept der Band erkennen lassen, das auf dem aktuellen Album ebenfalls wieder zu finden ist. The First Part of A Trilogy About Lights And Shades Of Alien Behaviour”. Wenn sich das nicht nach einem Plan anhört. Und mit ein bisschen Hype wird diese Band auch in hiesigen Indiebars ein Zuhause finden.
Christopher Szwabczynski - Crazewire (GER)


"OLD Album Review (NOR)"

Dette italienske bandet sier om seg selv at de står for engelsk/amerikansk indie-rock på samme måte som spaghetti-western på 60- og 70-tallet står for klassisk amerikansk western. Les Fauves skriver låter som er ironisk kyniske og plata er laget på stramt budsjett av heller ukjente musikere.
Uansett er dette musikk som er veldig lett å like (på samme måte som spaghettiwestern??). Etter å ha hørt låtene noen ganger blir man mer og mer fenget. Her er det drivende rytmer og mye variasjoner både i vokal og det musikalske bildet ellers.
Dette er indierock med innslag av garage, 80-tallssynth og 70-tallets psykedeliske gitarspill. Faktisk inneholder et spor også snev av litt soul. Det er denne sjangerkombinasjonen som gjør at man ikke blir lei av å høre plata flere ganger.
Dette gir ”N.A.L.T. 1 A Fast Introduction” også et stort konsertpotensiale.
Solveig Sevik - MusiQ (NOR)


"OLD Album Review (UK)"

From the opening line of ‘Please Please Please’, where singer Pap drawls, “I was waiting for the sunsheeeine” like the long lost Italian bastard brother of the Gallaghers, its obvious that Les Fauves are going to be entertaining. And while it may have taken a while for Strokes-ish post punk to make it to Bologna, when it’s this much fun, who cares?
They’ve supported the likes of Dirty Pretty Things and Art Brut, and claim influences such as Violent Femmes, Devo and The Cramps, and frankly that pretty much puts you in the right ball park. They’ve taken the cool, quirky garage keyboard punk of New York and added some Euro bonkers to it, which works amazingly well.
‘In The Fallout Shelter’ is stripped to the bone in that way Violent Femmes do perfectly, mixing garage simplicity and pogo attitude and making into pop. ‘Fava Go Go Dancer’ is a genuine two-and-a-half-minute pop gem, which I can’t wait to see live when they head this way in May. ‘Twist Twist’ gives a definite nod to New Traditionalists era Devo, while keeping the garage racket intact and the dancing pace up.
After the chilled ‘Atomic Winter’, its back to pogo frenzy mode with ‘Novara’ (which reminds me of ‘Turning Japanese’ by The Vapours), and so it goes on. Oodles of late 70s post punk references, bonkers words (deliberate or not, they’re thoroughly entertaining) and sing-a-long-a popiness makes this thoroughly enjoyable; The Strokes meets the circus, with lyrics by The Happy Mondays.
Unfortunately things take a bit of a turn for the mediocre when the track numbers drift into double figures (with the notable exception of the rollicking ‘Bombs on the Siae’), making me wish it’d been one of those 25-minute mini albums, but there’s enough joi de vive in the first nine tracks to keep this spinning in my player for a long time yet.
Chris Marling - The Line Of Best Fit (UK)


"OLD Album Review (ITA)"

Avete presente la quiete dopo la tempesta? Ecco, c’entra ben poco con i Les Fauves che rappresentano, forse, la quiete prima della tempesta. Quattro ragazzi che arrivano quatti quatti da Sassuolo: testa bassa, zero spavalderia (meno male dio) ma quando salgono sul palco picchiano, non poco, di basso e batteria. E vale la pena ascoltare.
I Les Fauves debuttano rivelandoci quanto Our Dildo Can Change Your Life (Urtovox, 2006), un ep d’esordio di sei tracce ma anche efficace dichiarazione da intenti sonori garage e wave, ben accolto da pubblico e critica. Troppo presto per canzonarli? No, consensi meritati soprattutto se si pensa all’ampio rodaggio live che li vede impegnati nel corso del 2005. Tra un Benicassim e un Heineken Jammin’ Festival, e più di uno stage condiviso con band come Art Brut, Dirty Pretty Things e altri, i Les Fauves riescono ad incuriosire anche la stampa estera: il New Musical Express (NME) li addita come next big thing; non che tale giornale possieda una certa credibilità musicale, anzi, ma forse in tale occasione le blasonate pagine inglesi riuscirono a far trapelare un minimo di verità.
Il dildo non avrà totalmente cambiato la placida vita emiliana dei Les Fauves ma nel settembre del 2007 li conduce, però, direttamente alla Mostra di Venezia, dove February Lullaby suona in Non pensarci, film di Gianni Zanasi. Canzone, non a caso, inclusa, nuovamente, nel primo album ufficiale: N.A.L.T. 1 A Fast Introduction (Urtovox, 2007). Ora siamo finalmente legittimati a pensare che i Les Fauves non procedono su percorsi unidirezionali. Vedi anche la recente collaborazione con Swayzak, duo electro inglese per il quale il cantante dei Les Fauves, Roberto Papavero, canta e compone la melodia vocale di Silent Luv.
L’atmosfera di N.A.L.T. non rinnega l’origine garage rock della band ma sterza verso un suono più malleabile. Molte le differenze rispetto all’ep: le sei canzoni del dildo, in fondo, erano troppo lineari per poter qualificare decisamente l’indirizzo strumentale dei Les Fauves e bastava ascoltarli dal vivo per capire che dietro la malinconia wave ad uso ep c’era anche altro. Ora la differenza si sente, specialmente, da un punto di vista percussivo: più profondo e determinante nei momenti funky. Apre il disco Please Please Please perfetta sweet ballad con riff e linee totalmente incalzanti. Maggiore autonomia è raggiunta nei pezzi successivi. The Fallout Shelter e Twister Twist sono buoni esempi indie rock. Deliziose filastrocche da tastiera e batteria sono Fava Go Go Dancer e Novara che deragliano nel punk-funk più festoso. In No Spaghindie e Freak Riot appaiono i reali caratteri “dominanti” dei Les Fauves: il canto tirato che attecchisce sul finale, il basso che stride (molto brava silvia) e il solito bel giro di tastiere che consente l’autorevole salto ricercato; mentre intanto il pubblico combina smorfie stile yeah yeah, we dance cantando spaghindie rock and roll. La scrittura è ancora adeguatamente sfacciata e molto ironica. Attitudine punk con Bombs On The Siae e Alright. Manierismo rock rétro è Tom Ponzi’s Boogie. La conclusione è affidata a Heroin Melody che distende i muscoli precedentemente sovraeccitati in un inquietante e costante refrain da nebulosa psichedelica.
N.A.L.T. 1, A Fast Introduction trascina con sè un sottotitolo: “la prima parte di una trilogia che parla delle luci e delle ombre del comportamento alieno”. Citazione da guerra fredda a parte, sarà una trilogia? Nel live di presentazione dell’album individuiamo già pezzi nuovi. Bene, allora, per ora, care fave prendiamo per molto buona la fast introduction ma attendiamo le rimanenti parti: fate veloce.
Maria Francesca Palermo - Extra Music Magazine (ITA)


"OLD Album Review (FRA)"

Pour son premier album le groupe italien Les Fauves se la joue sans complexes. Grand bien leur fasse car cette fraîcheur assumée laisse parfois un peu dubitatif. N'en font-ils pas un peu trop ? Entendons-nous bien, Les Fauves ont un réel potentiel et NALT 1... possède une belle vitalité et des hits en puissance. Malgré toute cette énergie employée et les qualités du groupe, l'impression laissée est celle d'une collection anarchique de morceaux garage-rock qui s'enchaînent sans vraiment se poser de questions. Alors évidemment ce n'est pas toujours très cohérent mais l'envie est là et, visiblement, le groupe s'amuse et prend plaisir à distiller des riffs efficaces. C'est en partie pour cela qu'on ne sera pas trop dur avec ces Italiens plein de bonne volonté. NALT 1... est, somme toute, un premier essai tout à fait honorable et dont les quelques maladresses s'effacent finalement devant une souplesse dans l'exécution qui laisse penser que Les Fauves est certainement plus intéressant sur scène que sur disque.
Alors voilà, NALT 1...n'est sans doute pas le plus parfait des disques ni même le plus original mais il n'a pas à rougir de ce qu'il est et se vit plutôt bien. Même s'il ne restera pas forcément dans les annales, ce disque de Les Fauves remplit néanmoins son office et a ce mérite de mettre au jour un groupe dont les possibilités ne sont qu'à peine amorcées ici. C'est le problème de beaucoup de formations en même temps qui, même avec la meilleure volonté du monde, ne donnent pas encore toute la mesure de leurs capacités. Ici, Les Fauves sont pourtant sur la bonne voie et il ne manque finalement pas grand-chose pour qu'ils dépassent le stade des bonnes intentions. On peut légitimement croire en eux. Il suffit juste qu'ils se donnent les moyens d'une plus grande ambition. Ils en sont capables.
Fabien - Liability (FRA)


"OLD Album Review (NTL)"

De jaren zestig en zeventig rock is weer helemaal hot. Er duiken veel jonge bandjes op de geluiden van weleer in hun muziek integreren. Het stelletje Italianen dat zich Les Fauves noemt, Frans voor “wilde beesten”, doet dat ook. Maar wie de cd N.A.L.T. 1A Fast Introduction, de eerste in een serie, beluistert hoort al snel dat het wemelt van stijlen. Ze zijn een soort jeugdherberg voor rockmuziek, waarin naast de jaren 60 en 70 ook garagerock, punkrock, krautrock, artrock, progrock en zelfs jazzrock onderdak vinden. Het moge duidelijk zijn dat het rockt als de neten en uiteraard met de gebruikelijke 2,5 à 3 minuten songs. De groep oriënteert zich op de Engelse en Amerikaanse muziek, waarbij soms enkel het accent verraadt dat Roperto “Pap” Papavero (gitaar, zang), Davide “Case” Caselli (drums), Silvia “Sissy” Dallari (sexy bas) en Paolo Pugliese (keyboards) uit Italië komen. De invloeden komen overal vandaan, maar de band gaat onverstoord hard recht vooruit. Denk aan een wilde mix van Inspiral Carpets, The Clash, The Rolling Stones, Devo, A Frames, The Strokes, Cramps, Trans Am, Xiu Xiu, Violent Femmes en The Jesus And Mary Chain. Het is misschien niet de meest originele muziek op aarde, maar met hun niet lullen maar spelen instelling weten ze een zeer pakkend album te maken dat geen seconde verveelt.
Jan Willem Broek - Caleidoscoop (NTL)


"OLD Album Review (GER)"

Ich gebe zu: mit heftigen Bässen, die direkt in den Bauch gehen und dort anfangen zu vibrieren, bekommt man mich immer. Auch Les Fauves, diese italienische Band mit dem französischen Namen und britischem New Wave, haben mich gekriegt. Selbst wenn ihr erster Longplayer (nach einer EP mit dem hübschen Titel “Our Dildo Can Change Your Life“) nicht eben gefüllt ist mit Einfallsreichtum. Les Fauves machen einfach Musik, die von ihrer Liebe für die düstereren Töne der 80er-Jahre geprägt ist, und haben Spaß dabei. Sollen die anderen sich doch auf jeden 5/8-Takt einen downloaden: Les Fauves hauen lieber in die Tasten, Punk- und Garage-Anteil inklusive. Angst vor großen Vergleichen haben sie nämlich nicht: Novara zum Beispiel erweckt nicht nur Erinnerungen an kleine Sternschnuppenbands wie die Long Blondes, sondern auch an “Johnny And Mary“ von Robert Palmer, gespielt auf 45 Umdrehungen und ein größeres Kompliment kann es ja wohl kaum geben.
Tina Manske - Titel Magazine (GER)


"OLD Album Review (AUT)"

Auch aus Italien kann cooler Indie-Rock kommen. Diese fünf Younxters mischen Cramps-mäßigen Garage-Rock mit der Weirdness von den Violent Femmes und einer düster-monotonen Stimme, die an The Jesus And Mary Chain erinnert. Eine sehr coole, neue Band. - Planet Music Magazine (AUT)


"OLD Album Review (UK)"

It seems there has always been a division in punk; the UK had its contingent and the US had their own. Each found ways to stress the problems of their homeland, singing about the places they were from and generally capitalising on their nationalities. But punk isn’t a purely political thing anymore; it’s less and less about society’s problems and increasingly about hairstyles. There isn’t much of identity left to it, but ideas and problems relating to identity reach far beyond music.
Enter Les Fauves: It would be a stretch to call them political, although they are socially aware, even if in terms of people watching as opposed to revolutionary causes. And they do have stylish haircuts, but we won’t hold it against them. Lead singer Pap sounds like he’s trying a little too hard to stress that American accent, which might be more forgivable if he wasn’t Italian. It should probably be allowed for that if you’re singing in a language that is not your native tongue you will adapt the accent to some effect, but there are times when it is really over the top. The boy has got a very strong set of vocal chords and can yowl and wail in a way that would make an angry cat step back (it’s a good thing); he shouldn’t try to emulate the Americans he could easily out-shout. Indeed, some of the more palatable songs are those in which Pap sounds the least American, for example ‘Atomic Winter’ and ‘Please Please Please’.
There are moments when they pull all of their best qualities together and those are some truly impressive moments. ‘No Spaghindie,’ which takes the piss out of indie kids (and, dare we suggest, Italian indie kids especially) has the driving force of great punk songs, the snarling attitude, the chugging bass, the crunchy guitars; it’s raging against the system that’s supposed to save them from The System. There is a certain amount of irony that couldn’t possibly be lost on the band that the most archetypically punk song in their arsenal is raging against the scene that spawned them.
‘The Heroin Melody’ is genius for the perfection in its title alone; the sleepy, droning tune paired with the lazily metered vocals could not personify opiate use better. The introduction to Les Fauves isn’t a classic, but it certainly shows promise. They have the right frontman, a bass player who can make a horrible noise in a wonderful way, and they lack the pretense of so many bands of their ilk. They’re clever without making jokes. But then again, a band with a keytar can’t possibly take themselves too seriously, and they probably wouldn’t want us to take them too seriously either.
Amanda Farah - Bearded Magazine (UK)


Discography

2006/07
How Our Dildo Can Change Your Life EP

2007/08
NALT-1 A Fast Introduction LP

2009
NALT-2 Liquid Modernity

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Fauves have many tracks from their LP that have radio airplays. These are a few radios that played it in the last 3months:

Campus Radio (Freak And Friendly Radio)
The Odds’n’ Sods showBristol Uncovered Soundlocker playlist
Juice 107.2 FM
BCB
Wire
BBC Radio Lancashire
New House, BCBFM Bradford
Freies Radio Stuttgart
WDR 1 live - Fiehe
Deutschlandradio Tonart Rock
Deutschlanffunk
Hochschulradio Stuttgart
Radio Blau
Sonic Rel (Radio Essen)
Radio Reutlingen Tübingen
NDR 2 – Nachtclub
Oldenburg 1
Dublin Fm
TotallyRadio.com
Community Radio Milton Keens
Radio Na Life
Oban Fm
BBC Radio Bristol

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Boriiiiiinnngggggggg.

We played all over..
From FIB (Spain) to SXSW (Texas), England, Germany, France, Italy and so on..
We cried a lot.
But now we are free.

www.myspace.com/lesfauves