About French Kicks
French Kicks are set to release, Swimming, the band’s second album on Vagrant Records, this spring. The new record will be available exclusively through iTunes on April 1st and in stores on May 20th.
With Swimming, French Kicks have delivered their finest album to date. Produced and mixed entirely by the band, the album features some of the quartet’s most melodic recordings to date with standout tracks “Abandon”, “Said So What” and “Over The World”. It is an album that demands your attention by revealing new sounds, notes and harmonies with each listen.
For vocalist/multi-instrumentalist, Nick Stumpf, Swimming is “by far the closest we’ve come to getting the sound we wanted.” By capturing both the palpable and raw elements, the French Kicks have created a complex yet sophisticated pop album.
“On this record, we hoped to capture the joy of friends playing together in a relaxed way. We used a lot of first and second takes and tried to preserve a sense of immediacy and discovery that comes from putting things down before you really have a chance to think too hard. It’s bolder, and at the same time more intimate, than anything we’ve done,” says guitarist/vocalist Josh Wise who sings lead vocals on “Said So What,” With The Fishes,” “Carried Away,” and “All Our Weekends”. Nick Stumpf sings lead vocals on the remaining eight tracks.
French Kicks
Two Thousand
07/18/06
| Track List | ||
| 1 | So Far We Are | |
| 2 | Also Ran | |
| 3 | Cloche | |
| 4 | Knee High | |
| 5 | Keep It Amazed | |
| 6 | No Mean Time | |
| 7 | Basement: D.C. | |
| 8 | England Just Will Not Let You Recover | |
| 9 | Hey I Wait I | |
| 10 | Go On | |
"So Far We Are"
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08.04.08 French Kicks Tour DatesFrench Kicks have just announced a series of tour dates that begin 9/16 in Montreal and run until 9/24 in New York. All shows are headlining. For more details visit myspace.com/frenchkicks |
06.27.08 French Kicks featured on Daytrotter.com!Click here to hear 4 songs recorded by the French Kicks at the Daytrotter studios! |
05.20.08 French Kicks release Swimming in stores today!Click here for a great bundle with Tshirt for $15! |
05.16.08 Listen to the French Kicks live on KEXPTune it at 12 noon PST (3pm EST) to hear the French Kicks perform live. Click here to tune in! |
04.21.08 Nick from French Kicks chats with Washingtonian!Nick will be doing a live webchat with The Washingtonian at 11am eastern! Click here to submit questions and watch the chat! |
04.01.08 French Kicks release Swimming to iTunes today!French Kicks are back with their new studio album Swimming. It’s only available digitally for now, so click here to head to iTunes to pick it up. |
03.07.08 French Kicks announce Swimming, feature song on MySpace and Stereogum.comThe French Kicks are back! Look for their new album to drop on April 1. For a new song head to the French Kicks myspace page. or Stereogum.com. Click for more info. |
01.17.07 New Track from the French KicksThe French Kicks have posted a new song, “Roller” on their MySpace page. The track is taken from the eMusic exclusive “Roller EP.” |
12.14.06 The French Kicks "Roller EP"You can now pick up The French Kicks’ Roller EP exclusively on eMusic. Click the headline for more information. |
08.18.06 The French Kicks Live In Los Angeles.The French Kicks Live In Los Angeles. |
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