3/12/2021

L’IMPÉRATRICE - PARISIAN NEW WAVE DISCO 6-PIECE SHARE "HÉMATOME" FROM SECOND ALBUM TAKO TSUBO (3.26)

PARISIAN NEW WAVE DISCO SIX PIECE
L’IMPÉRATRICE SHARE "HÉMATOME" VIDEO HERE

SECOND ALBUM TAKO TSUBO TO BE RELEASED ON MARCH 26 HERE


PHOTO: Gabrielle Riouah, L'Impératrice 

On March 26th, Paris’ inimitable space disco sextet L'Impératrice will release their anticipated second album Tako Tsubo and invite us into their singular world where fun, grooves, and the freedom to be your authentic self reign. In celebration, they have shared a new single and video, “Hématome”. Dreamy, adventurous, and anchored by a deep seductive groove, “Hématome” is an epic to get lost in. The group’s witty social critique and otherworldly glamour are on full display in the accompanying video. 

WATCH “HÉMATOME” VIDEO

Last month, L'Impératrice gave us “Peur des Filles”: a sarcastically scathing ode to femininity, sprinkled with humor. It’s a decidedly modern track that is underscored by director Aube Perrie’s (Angèle, Bon Entendeur...) resolutely rebellious and playful music video, with references to Mars Attacks as well as to Warren G and 60's horror movies.

WATCH “PEUR DES FILLES” VIDEO


Tako Tsubo is the official name for broken-heart syndrome, (蛸 壺, from Japanese "octopus trap"), which manifests itself by a deformation of the heart due to an intense emotion - a negative or positive one. This title illustrates a flaw in the system, an abnormal EKG, an unusual break from the frenzy. Wouldn’t that be what the Great Lockdown of 2020 was all about? 

All composed straddling a strange time, each of the 13 songs on the album is somehow a symptom of it. L'Impératrice lends itself brilliantly to this open-heart surgery. 

L'Impératrice also recently shared  “Anomlie Bleue”; a ballad halfway between Giorgio Moroder and George Orwell with a heady melody like the warm perfume of a winter evening.


LISTEN: “ANOMALIE BLEUE”
WATCH: “ANOMALIE BLEUE” LIVE


Tako Tsubo is out on March 26th!

Produced by L'Impératrice and Renaud Letang (Feist, Philippe Katerine) and mixed by Neal Pogue (Tyler The Creator, Outkast, Janelle Monae).

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