“Faded continues to mine the fertile groundwork laid down by ’60s American garage-punk, Can, Gainsbourg, The Action, Troggs and Euro movie soundtracks” ★★★★ Shindig
“Perpignan’s king and queen of fuzz return from the shadows” ★★★★ Mojo
“High-quality sexy psychedelic rock with the fuzzy guitars at a premium” ★★★★ The Daily Express
“Every number is a cinematic, perfectly judged joy” The New Cue
“Their commitment to mood, to aesthetic, to a certain untouchable kind of style makes their ninth album a compelling listen” ★★★★ Music OMH
“Saccharine sonic fuzz” Joyzine
“Really good fun and shoots by in a whirl, an album that creates its own universe”Bagging Area
“Effortlessly cool, slightly weird, very French pop music”Fighting Boredom
French psych duo The Limiñanas, who released their latest album ‘Faded‘ earlier this year via Because Music, have announced a string of UK dates in December:
Tue 2 December – The Fleece, Bristol – TICKETS
Wed 3 December – Band on the Wall, Manchester – TICKETS
Thu 4 December – Slay Glasgow, Glasgow – TICKETS
Fri 5 Dec – Chalk, Brighton – TICKETS
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The story of ‘Faded’, the new album by The Limiñanas, once again shines a spotlight on so-called fallen stars. To the forgotten women who, from the 1950s to today, have disappeared from screens as if by a cruel spell, condemned by the passage of time. Voracious cinephiles, aware that the sordid emerges when one scratches beneath Hollywood glamour, Lionel and Marie Limiñana wanted to pay tribute to them here.
Without being militant, featuring a hybrid narrative, between (bad) waking dreams and tender metaphors, “Faded” unfolds as a rich soundtrack of a rarely told story, featuring numerous contributors: Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, Bertrand Belin, Rover, Anna Jean of Juniore, Penny, Jon Spencer… Each provides their own vision of the *Faded* storyline, creating what the Limiñanas describe as “an Italian patchwork,” where the pens of artists admired by Lionel and Marie are invited to express themselves fully. It creates a work echoing (and countering) the famous “Mignonne allons voir si la rose,” where Ronsard wrote, aware of ageism long before its time: “Gather, gather your youth / Like this flower, ageing / Will tarnish your beauty.” The result is a double album that opens with a multi-referential garage pop, full of emotions, before allowing even more space for contemplation and psychedelia, without forgoing venomous riffs. This is unmistakably the Limiñanas’ style.
Hailing from a small town in the South of France, Lionel and Marie Limiñana, aka The Limiñanas, reinvent the 1960s French yéyé heritage by fusing it with modern rock. Their unique style blends the rebellious spirit and aesthetic of the Gainsbourg and Bardot eras with contemporary garage and psychedelic sounds. Singing in French and English and collaborating with a diverse array of artists, including Iggy Pop, Laurent Garnier, Peter Hook, The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Etienne Daho, to name but a few, The Limiñanas have a unique ability to distil the cachet of a nostalgic, highly cinematic era while revisiting it through a modern lens.
When it comes to purveying unadulterated 60s garage pop, evincing a love for Pebbles and Back from the Grave compilations, Lionel and Marie have always had the chops. Equally, the duo has retained such inspirational roots while painting from a far more capacious palette, always happy to throw an oud, sitar or bouzouki into the mix, while embracing everything from UK post-punk and Italian horror film soundtracks to The Velvet Underground and electronic dance music, consistently bending these disparate components into a signature that is resolutely their own.
Since 2009, The Limiñanas have released eight critically acclaimed studio albums, two rare-tracks records, one Best Of compilation, numerous EPs, original soundtracks and various collaborations, including 2019’s ‘Diabolique’ by L’Epee, a collaboration with The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe and celebrated French actress Emmanuelle Seigner.
