Band of the Week: Yelle

[31 Mars - 6 Avril]
Yelle
Sounds Like: Electro / Indie-Pop / Dance
Drinking Buddies: Prototypes, Polysics, Ghostland Observatory
Synopsis: Dingue fille indie-pop avec un francais botte.
Makes You Want To...: danser, chanter, faire de la boîte
[Myspace]



This month, Voilà! is covering foreign bands!
Un jour, une ensemble. Tu sais la routinies typique.
This week, the featured artist is Yelle.


Okay, I admit, I got busy last week. No featured artist that week. But here's the treat: since you were so patient, this next month has a theme! It will be chock full of awesome foreign artists. Time to disregard the North American continent for awhile. Let's get a little culture and cool music.

Despite her popularity, which is quickly mounting after being featured by MTV-US, Yelle is still partying up like she has been for years. Yelle is a French electro-pop artist who is known for some wild, high energy new-wave pop for the post 2K society. Blazing with loud, raucous keyboards and fete-filled, sometimes profane lyrics, Yelle is the absolute party centre of Europe.

Yelle's style is very reminiscent of the Prototypes, also from France, who recently were featured in a Mitsubishi commercial here in the States (which is shockingly not on YouTube!). The difference comes in the effect; while Prototypes intend to rock their way to your heart, Yelle's music is incontrovertibly addicting to the body and senses, and if she doesn't have you singing along and dancing your feet off after a few minutes, well, maybe you should consider turning up the volume.

Presently, Yelle is preparing to embark on a trip back Stateside for a North American tour of epic proportions, spanning the US and leaking into Canada. Then, it's back off to the land of the River Seine for a comfy set of shows all summer long. Of course she has a Myspace. Yelle also has her debut album, Pop-Up, on sale at her international online store, and will no doubt be traveling with several nifty copies.