Frenchy and the Punk - 'Forever and Ever MC Escher' - Bonjour Batfrog

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For more than a decade Frenchy and the Punk, the quirky duo based in New York’s Hudson Valley, have been refining their own voice in many quadrants of the Balkanized post-punk world. They have essentially invented their own genre in which punk vitality and drive meets an evocative, cinematic way with exotic melodies and European-inflected percussive textures. A founding member of Deep Wound with J Mascis and Lou Barlow (Dinosaur jr), Helland weaves dark riffs and layers of spidery melody in an acoustic/electric tone that is entirely his own. French-born singer Stephenson sings with a gothy heft and authority that may remind one generation of Siouxsie Sioux and another of Grace Slick. 2019 saw the release of their 6th album, Hooray Beret whose message of independence and the shedding of socially imposed identities is well-earned. They were named one of the ''Top 25 duos in America' by Yahoo music and have been performed all across the U.S. and in Europe since 2005. Their show is a carnival of two that will take you from the Moulin Rouge to CBGBs and back again. A rollicking cabaret rock show with Taiko meets Rio de Janeiro pounding drum instrumentals.

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