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Upcoming gigs:

October 20th - Monto @ Underbelly, Hoxton Sq

www.themonto.com

November 11th - Bloody Awful Poetry @ The Lock Tavern, Camden

www.bloodyawfulpoetry.com

November 25th - Club Fandango @ The Camden Head, Camden

www.clubfandango.co.uk

08 October 2009

You've been able to get our new single "Oooh!/Picture Negative" straight from us for a little while, but it will now get its official release on November 30th through Dinner With Daisy Records! That's when you'll be able to go to nice record shops and buy it from real persons with real smiles or if you prefer downloads from iTunes for an automated shopping experience.

To coincide there are a few gigs coming up in London - it would be lovely to see some of you there! We've got lots of new songs and we'll play some old favourites for you too. Check out the dates and links above for more information.

Hopefully see you soon!

09 September 2009

Oooh! got its first UK radioplay on the brilliant Organ radio show on Resonance FM last Sunday. Apparently also where the fresh Mercury Prize winner got her first plays so you never know...Either way, Organ always play and support good new music, so make sure to check them out on www.organart.net

You might also have heard us on The Svelte Selection and The Epileptic Gibbon, two great internet shows and podcasts which are definitely worth a listen:

http://www.last.fm/user/thesvelteone/journal
http://www.epilepticgibbon.wordpress.com/

Over in Luxembourg we’ve been playlisted on DNR and played by Tribute To Malkmus on Radio Ara. Both stations also had us over for a chat when we played there a couple of months ago as did the venerable RTL! We’ve put some pictures from the festival on our myspace for you to have a look at.

And in case you’re wondering what it all sounds like, here is what Artrocker has to say about the single:

“French For Cartridge’s recently released double A-side 7"/download EP with Oooh! and Picture Negative is a bizarre mix of piano, dreamy guitar twiddlings and almost sounds like Mary Poppins on an acid trip.
‘Oooh!’ starts off with an almost cringe-worthy dark ‘Oooh!’ none the less, which seems a bit forced, but quickly makes up for it with its jaunty carnival like bounce. I feel like I’m always comparing bands with female vocalists to Deerhoof, but it’s not a bad thing, and in this case is definitely true - on this track at least.
‘Picture Negative’ is probably my preferred one out of the two tracks, but only just. Henri’s vocals lightly introducing the sounds to our ears, and then when the main melody kicks in, we have a definite resemblance to the Magic Numbers - if they were a bit more obscure and less smiley. (Who said anything about crash diets?!)
This band are fair-ground, and probably what Alice would have as a soundtrack if she fell down the rabbit hole in 2009, and was confronted with scary bobbing sunflowers.
Check out the band’s Myspace here - and order the EP there. Tell them to hurry up and release a second album whilst you’re there. I want more.”
- Stephen McLeod –
www.artrocker.com

Actually we think that’s a very good idea – why don’t you click on this link and buy yourself a copy for £3.50 + postage: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7240622

26 June 2009

So, we've sent off the 7" to be pressed and should have it ready for you sometime mid-July. But if you can't wait, you can pre-order it already now over on www.myspace.com/frenchforcartridge. Not only will we be extremely grateful for your interest and support, but we'll also send you high quality mp3s plus an extra track so you can enjoy it all straight away! The bonus freebie is unlikely to be available anywhere else, so make the most of it!

The A-side, Oooh!, has already been up for a while and we've also added Picture Negative to our player in case you want to have a listen before you buy. And if vinyl isn't your thing, it's available on iTunes as well!

5 June 2009

We had a great time at the Foundry playing some new songs for old friends and new faces alike! Literally falling off tables while doing so...

And now, finally, we have the great pleasure to announce that we’ve finished the first single from the new album! It will be out on vinyl and download later in summer on Dinner With Daisy Records, but you can already hear the A-side on www.myspace.com/frenchforcartridge. It’s called Oooh! and is a suitably jolly piece of music with lots of fun things going on! An action-packed 2 minutes and 12 seconds is what is on offer.

We’re very lucky to have worked with Icelandic sound wizard S. Husky Hoskulds, who has sprinkled some of his magic on the mixes just like he’s done on albums by Tom Waits, Mike Patton, Joe Henry and My Brightest Diamond before us! So far he has done all the work over in LA while we’ve been stuck in the fog in London, but we’re hoping a trip to Iceland is imminent for the rest of the tracks!

The single will be a double-A side, with Picture Negative as the other song - we’ll let you know when that’s up on myspace, but in the meantime have a listen to Oooh! and let us know what you think!

And remember:

“Pink, yellow, red and green!”

25 May 2009

Here are more details for the June gigs:

On June 3rd we’re back with Kabarett Spielraum for another night of art and music at The Foundry in Old Street, London. We’re promised poetry, comedy and strangely incidental noises from Robin Ince, Transfere Project and Grassy Noel as well as our apparently perfect pop! It should be good fun and it’s all absolutely free – don’t miss it!

If you haven’t been to The Foundry before it’s probably worth just for that. Plus you’ll get a chance to hear our forthcoming single live for the first time, while it’s being mixed somewhere in sunny California! We’re on last so probably 9.30/10 o’clock, but get there early for all the other stuff. Oh, and there’s lots of different art exhibitions opening at The Foundry at the same time and DJs Debs Elemental and Spike Spiegel are playing the hits. More info at www.myspace.com/ks23

Unfortunately the gig with Morton Valence on June 4th at the Islington Academy has been postponed, but if you’re one of our Luxembourgish fans you should head to the Rock-A-Field festival on June 28th, when we’ll share the stage with Kings of Leon, Franz Ferdinand, The Ting Tings and Minipli among others. We’re very much looking forward to that! More info over at www.atelier.lu/raf/

June 3rd – doors 7.30 – Free entry
The Foundry
86 Great Eastern Street
Shoreditch
Tube: Old St/Liverpool St

June 28th – 47€
Rock-A-Field
Roeser
Luxembourg

21 April 2009

Those of you that can’t make it to the Rock-A-Field festival in Luxembourg on June 28th can catch us in London at two gigs earlier in the month instead. On June 3rd we’re back with Kabarett Spielraum at The Foundy in Old Street for some art and music for free! And the next day we’ll be joining the fantastic Morton Valence for Bob and Veronica’s Book Club at Islington Bar Academy – come to one or come to both! We’ll post more details a bit closer to the date.

We’re just back from Finland where we spent a week in the studio recording our new album – we had a great time and can’t wait for you to hear it! There are a couple of rough mixes over on www.myspace.com/frenchforcartridge and the first single should hopefully be out sometime in summer – yay!

24 March 2009

Thanks to everyone who came to The Macbeth a couple of weeks ago - we had a great time and it was lovely to play some new songs and hear all your reactions to it! Look out for some more live gigs in May/June – April will be spent in Finland recording our new album! If you can’t wait, there are a couple of new demos over at www.myspace.com/frenchforcartridge to tie you over till you get the real thing.

We’re also very excited to play the Rock-A-Field festival in Luxemburg on June 28th, sharing the bill with Kings of Leon, Franz Ferdinand, The Ting Tings and Minipli among others! If you live in Luxemburg or somewhere around, it’ll be well worth the trip. More info over at www.atelier.lu/raf/

19 February 2009

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? A bit too long, but we haven’t exactly been lazy, don’t you worry! And now we’re back with new tricks, new songs and a slightly modified new name!

We’ll be playing at The Macbeth in Hoxton on March 3rd. It’s a night organised by Goodbye Faithful Kingdom! and features the rather excellent line-up of us, Piney Gir & The Age of Reason and The Monroe Transfer. We’re on around 8.30/9 o’clock and it’ll only cost you £5 to get in – there’s more details below if you need them.

We had a few duo gigs in Bristol and London last year, but this time we’ll bring a drummer along. There will be some old favourites, but plenty of new material as well, so we do hope you can make it down and cheer us on!!

We’re also very excited to have finished recording the demos for a new album and have booked a fancy studio in April for the real thing, so you can expect some new additions to you record collection soon. In the meantime we’ve put up a few of the demos on our myspace for you to hear – hope you like them!

As you might know, Tom and Dave left us a while back – for some quality music check out Royal Treatment Plant and Outhouse, which is what they’re up to now!

Oh, and the name? French For Cartridge. We’re the band that takes its name from its side project (‘une cartouche’ - which is French for cartridge, you see) which in turn took its name from what the band used to be called!

March 3rd @ The Macbeth
70 Hoxton Street
Shoreditch

Closest tube: Old Street/Liverpool Street