Fleur Du Mal is a duo made of artists Obermann and Faber, musicians who are present of the country's music scene for a while now, this time join their forces with a clear goal. For now they have released an EP called Spleen I.
The artists place their music somewhere between the French chanson, alternative rock and post-metal while defining their goal as "to give a dream back to a French scene rooted in the realism of its disillusioned era". Quite a genre range but also a noble goal. Another one is war against cynicism as "Cynicism is what will kill us all". This whole thing resulted in an album on which one is supposed to hear both Etienne Daho and Deftones and Mogwai.
It starts with a dirty track played mostly on synths. But it's just a beginning, the next ones are ruled by quite screamy guitars between which the Alcest-like vocal dances. Actually there's more common points with the more famous French band while the main difference is more alt-rock vibes and higher pace offered by the Paris-based musicians up to the actually post-rock-like finish in Nuit.
Spleen I costs 5 USD.
Check: Nuit
Country: France
Genre: shoegazing alt-rock
