What better way to start the month celebrating American independence, than with the presentation of a new band from France. Oh, sure, as gifts celebrating our questionable freedom go, Koko Von Napoo's music might not be quite as weighty and impressive as that tall lady of liberty standing in the harbor up in New York, but it's French at least. A stretch? Yeah, okay, I'll admit I just thought this band sounded pretty nice. They DO make me feel thankful for my freedom to wear headphones at work, at least.
Enough of that nonsense, though. What we have here is yet another band that has slinked onto the scene with a savvy, continental and sophisticated 7", available to physically own through the Rough Trade website, or to download on iTunes. If you happen to be a fan of Altered Images, I think you'll love this one. Even if you aren't, but like your songs jerky and swirly, with hand claps and slightly accented chripy female vocals, this is totally your flavor, man.
The A-side is "Polly," and the B-side is called "JonBon." Their myspace page also features remixes of "Polly" by Chateau Marmont and Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya, the former of which is actually as good as the original song, the latter of which is complete feces.
http://www.myspace.com/kokovonnapoo
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