battant.kevin [1989]

"Battant bleeds genius out of its ears" NME

A1 - kevin [1989]

A2 - blah blah

B1 - kevin [1989] - andrew weatherall remix

in that little micro novelty trendy market of ours, what have we got in terms of "heavy trends" (aka death) ??
as they say: the flashy electric neon chair of nu-rave or the painless death by minimal injection: dance, feel nothing, fall asleep, never wake-up... Of course, any conformism puts pressure on you to make a choice when you do not have to. Dig a bit : there are a lot of other things around...
All this rubbish has not been keen to our long-lasting love affair between rock and electronics (nu-rave is not a love affair, it's bad sex). There has been a few flashes of light: Whitey, Joakim, some of the Metronomy stuff, Asja auf Capri, the swamp funk of Two Lone Swordsmen... Not enough though...

So BATTANT then...
A proper band, proper songs, and proper electronics; female vocals and electro beats... Some will say "nothing really new", but no dreams at getting a 3 inches square pics in I.D either, just the fusion clonking together perfectly out of the studio they share with the Two Lone Swordsmen and Boardroom crew.
Andrew Weatherall being an obvious paternal figure if they (we) need one, it's himself who deliver the remix of Kevin, in his words, "stadium dub version".

yeah, Kevin now...
First time we heard it, we honestly though it: booty bubblegum punk vs lyrics that would never make it to the BBC.
oh, yes, the rumour is true, Chloé, BATTANT's lead singer wrote the lyrics after finding a dusty diary by this Kevin in her new flat...charming. this very peculiar alliance of raw pop energy and mentalillness is backed by Blah which is... hmmmm... more of the same.

the battant album will be out on kill the dj during 2008 !