Pamplemousse to release new album »Porcelain« on September 26th; first single and music video »More Beautiful Than Madonna« streaming now!

Lorraine, France based alternative/noise rock duo Pamplemousse premiere a music video for the first single »More Beautiful Than Madonna« taken from their upcoming album, »Porcelain«, set to release on September 26th, 2025 via A Tant Rêver du Roi Records.

»More Beautiful Than Madonna« is available now on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and other streaming platforms!

Tracklist:
01. More Beautiful Than Madonna 02:13
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:

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.

Photo by Vincent Dietsch

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.

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«.

Photo by Olivier Martin

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.

Pre-order here:
pamplemoussetheband.bandcamp.com
atantreverduroi.bandcamp.com

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:
29/08 – St Max – Amours d’été – FR
20/09 – Morthomiers – Festival L’Automne de Morthomiers (+ La Jungle, etc.) – FR
04/10 – Blois – Le Chato d’o + Mule Jenny – FR
More dates to come in France and EU

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well