Noise rock duo Pamplemousse drops new single and music video »Bad Penny« from upcoming album »Porcelain«; out on September 26th!
Lorraine, France based alternative/noise rock duo Pamplemousse drops a music video for the second single »Bad Penny« taken from their upcoming album, »Porcelain«, set to release on September 26th, 2025 via A Tant Rêver du Roi Records.
Tracklist:
01. More Beautiful Than Madonna
02. Smile The Num
03. The Big Speakers
04. Miami Blue
05. Instrumental
06. Snowball
07. Bad Penny
08. Every Story Has An End
09. Brick Head
Courtesy of Epicerie Libre:
»Bad Penny« is the second single to be unveiled of Pamplemousse’s fourth album »Porcelain«. Once again recorded in analog at Black Box Studio in Angers (France) by Peter Deimel (Shellac, Chokebore, Cows, Anna Calvi, dEUS, etc.), this abrasive, uncompromising new album will be released on September 26, 2025, still on the A Tant Rêver du Roi label (Digital, CD, Vinyl).
Single also available on all digital platforms.
Formerly a trio, the band formed on Reunion Island (Indian Ocean) has evolved since its last album as a duo (Drums / Guitars & Vocals) and has now been based in Lorraine (East of France) since last summer.
The band has announced several concerts for the autumn with Ventura, Pain Magazine, La Jungle, Mule Jenny, Pogo Car Crash Control and others.
About »Bad Penny«:
A little grunge noise bomb with a catchy melody that talks about the unpleasant feeling of receiving an unexpected visit from an eight-legged monster that moves at the speed of light. When the encounter between a man watching a movie sprawled on his couch and a spider turns into a merciless battle.
Pre-orders:
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pamplemoussetheband.bandcamp.com
Photo by Olivier Martin
Biography:
Pamplemousse was born on Reunion Island (Indian Ocean) in February 2016. After a year locked away in their rehearsal space, the band released their debut album in 2017 on the A Tant Rêver du Roi label (France). Recorded by themselves, with home-made visuals in a purely DIY logic, this eponymous debut album lays the foundations for a noise rock tainted with abrasive blues far from the sunny postcard of Indian Ocean. For the release of their second album »High Strung« in 2019, still on A Tant Rêver du Roi, Pamplemousse went off to record in analog at Studio Black Box in Angers with Peter Deimel (Chokebore, Shellac, Cows..). Both recordings are acclaimed by national (Rolling Stone, New Noise, Mowno, etc.) and international (Maximum R’n’R, KEXP, BBC6) media. Glowing comparisons abound with masters of the genre from the 90s scene, and Shellac, Fugazi, Girls vs Boys and Chokebore, as well as the labels Amphetamine Reptile and Touch ‘n’ Go, are all mentioned when referring to the power trio from Reunion Island.
One can enjoy the urgency of listening to Pamplemousse’s music live, their thunderous sound emancipates itself from the noise, garage, punk, grunge or even stoner styles.The band has toured extensively in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and Spain, sharing the stage with Unsane (NYC), Lysistrata, It It Anita, Fuzz (Ty Segall), Cash Savage and The Last Drinks and Flat Worms, among others.
Photo by Vincent Dietsch
In 2021, Pamplemousse changed their line-up and it was now as a duo that the band locked themselves away for a year to compose their third album, »Think Of It«. Recorded in 2022 at the Black Box by Peter Deimel, and mixed by them in their studio on Reunion Island, it was released in March 2023. With this new formula, Sarah (drums) and Nico (guitar/vocals) continue to shape the band’s style: edgy, wild, but they also broaden their spectrum and lean towards indie rock, as on the heady “One Millions Doors«.
2024 marks another change, with the duo packing up and moving to Lorraine (East of France). Pamplemousse continued to rehearse and compose for the follow-up to their album »Think Of It«.
At the end of 2024, the duo returned for the third time to the Black Box studio in Angers with Peter Deimel in charge of the recording and mastering.
The result is »Porcelain«, an uncompromisingly abrasive fourth album to be released on September 26, 2025, still on A Tant Rêver du Roi label. From the introductory »More Beautiful Than Madonna«, with its noise-rock fury and brilliant video, to the final track »Brick Head«, with its hypnotic guitars, and the indie punk gem »Bad Penny«, »Porcelain« excels in controlled chaos.
All tracks composed and written by Sarah Lenormand and Nicolas Magi.
Recorded at Black Box Studio (Angers) by Peter Deimel.
Mixed by Nicolas Magi.
Mastered by Peter Deimel at Black Box Studio.
Artwork by Pamplemousse.
Photo courtesy of Steven Vitale.
Pamplemousse are:
Sarah Lenormand – Drums
Nicolas Magi – Guitars / Vocals
Pamplemousse live:
20/09 – Morthomiers, FR – Festival L’Automne de Morthomiers (+ La Jungle, etc.)
04/10 – Blois, FR – Le Chato d’o + Mule Jenny
16/10 – Besançon, FR – Les Passagers du Zinc + Generic
31/10 – Audincourt, FR – Le Molocco + Pogo Car Crash Control & Pain Magazine
13/11 – Paris, FR – Le Cirque Electrique + Ventura & Mia Via Violenta
More dates to come in France and EU
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well