Inrocks Indie Club: Morning Parade, The Leisure Society, Francesqa, Pendentif @ La Flèche d'Or, Paris

Concert information

The monthly rock party at La Flèche d'Or received in May: Morning Parade, The Leisure Society, Pendentif and Francesqa !

Artist

Morning Parade

With talk of sold-out stadium tours and worldwide domination before they'd even released a record, Essex five-piece Morning Parade, the latest addition to the increasing plethora of indie-friendly dance acts, could never be accused of lacking ambition. Formed in Harlow in 2008, the band consists of lead vocalist Steve Sparrow, guitarist Chad Thomas, bassist Phil Titus, keyboardist Ben Giddings, and drummer Andy Hayes. Combining trance-style synths with anthemic rock guitars in the same vein as Friendly Fires,Delphic, and Fenech-Soler, their energetic sound and low-key secret live gigs soon attracted the attention of various record labels, and eventually resulted in a major-label deal with Parlophone. Following support slots on U.K. tours by Florence and the Machine, Ash, andTinchy Stryder, they began work on material with Blur producerJason Cox at Damon Albarn's 13 Studios. Their first single, "Under the Stars," was released in 2010, with their debut album expected to follow in early 2011.

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The Leisure Society

Nick Hemming's folk-inflected pop act the Leisure Society kicked into life in 2005 after he moved into the same South London apartment as fellow Burton-Upon-Trent, England-born musician Christian Hardy. A guitarist since the age of 17, Hemming had already created scores for his friend Shane Meadows' acclaimed 1999 film A Room for Romeo Brass, as well as 2002's gripping and violent Dead Man's Shoes. On the soundtrack to the latter film -- under the Leisure Society moniker -- Hemming's music sat alongside that of a veritable roll call of achingly cool alt-folk acts such as Smog, Adem, Will Oldham, the Earlies, and M. Ward. Prior to their successful film careers, both Meadows and Paddy Considine had performed with him in the Staffordshire-based early-'90s indie outfit She Talks to Angels. Hemming also garnered additional musical experience with his involvement in the Stephen Lawrie-fronted acts the Telescopes and Unisex.
Although Hemming and Hardy's first London performances as a duo were stripped-down acoustic affairs, their association with acts from Tom Cowan and Will Calderbank's Brighton-based Willkommen Collective resulted in an expansion of the Leisure Society's lineup. Swelling to a septet in 2008, Hardy's keyboard flourishes were augmented by Calderbank on cello, Mike Siddell on violin, Helen Whitaker on flute, Darren Bonehill on bass, and Sebastian Hankins on drums. While Hankins had most recently performed avant-garde jazz in the Yorkshire-based Inertia Trio, from 2001 he learned his trade in a modern incarnation of '70s chart act the New Seekers.
Completed in late 2008 in an old converted chicken shed owned by Calderbank's parents, the Leisure Society's debut, The Sleeper, was eventually released on Willkommen Records the following March. "The Last of the Melting Snow" -- the delicate album opener and lushly orchestrated first single from the record -- was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award a month later, while the chiming, percussive instrumentation on "The Darkest Place I Know" nodded to the Boy Least Likely To. Here Hemming delivered his brooding self-analysis in a similarly twee and whimsical fashion to the Buckinghamshire act. Classic influences were also apparent throughout, with "We Were Wasted" leaning heavily on Nick Drake's "River Man," right down to the Robert Kirby-inspired string arrangement.
The album benefited from wider distribution that summer when it was picked up by Full Time Hobby, and this coincided with prestigious appearances at 2009's Big Chill and Green Man festivals. A further reissue appeared in the autumn coupled with the eight-track EP A Product of the Ego Drain, helping to maintain the group's public presence while the bandmembers worked on a second long-player. That work, Into the Murky Water, was released on Full Time Hobby in 2011.

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Pendentif

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Francesqa

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Venue

Flèche d'Or

In the very heart of the Saint Blaise area, la Flèche d Or is one of the most wicked venues in town. Come in a crazy post-industrial atmosphere to enjoy baroque pop, noise-rock or any-kind-of-rock concerts ! Cool people, cool sounds and cool stage, what else ? A free wi-fi access and an incredible glass-covered restaurant with a direct sight on the old railways Sweet !

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Promoter

Alias Production

Un des plus grands promoteurs-organisateurs de concerts en France. On trouve dans leur roster à la fois The Cure, Gorillaz, Nick Cave, Yeasayer, Peter Doherty ou bien Florence & The Machine, Gossip, Franz Ferdinand...
Alias est résolument tourné vers les groupes à guitares électriques et gros amplis, rock on !

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