Dawnshape is a French entity ran by Antoine Ollivier in long time partnership with bassist Sébastien Hurtel. Their music is a constant tension between pop efficiency and thirst for experimentation, led by Antoine’s simple and sensible vocal melodies through unusual song structures and odd harmonies. 

This contrast is sublimed on the single 'Either This’, starting with its signature detuned blurry chords to end in a rich and beautiful pop anthem full of textured key-strings with an unwaveringly emphatic conclusion. Breaking with such an ornamental piece, Much Long delivers more of a tense and harsh observation, plunging us into a muffled gloom, a surge of torpor tainted with restrained rage.

Dawnshape has never sounded more pop, bold and concise than with these two songs, where stark and surd states meet the grandiose blaze of disarray.

- Romain Barbot (Blwbck Records)

“Bayonne-based quintet THE RODEO IDIOT ENGINE have been nothing but unstoppable since their very first steps in 2009, tirelessly sculpting a signature sound torn between the most abrasive sides of chaotic hardcore, post-metal or screamo. After gaining a growing reputation all over Europe due to their 250 staggering, seizure-inducing live shows, the band returned to Amaury Sauvé’s studio in Laval during summer 2015 to track «Malaise», their third full-length and follow-up to 2013’s «Consequences».

While most acts tend to soften with age, the band’s work has only become darker over the years. Opener “Le Parfum” sets the tone, with merciless, spasmodic rhythms morphing into bleak, slow-paced heaviness and emotionally-charged vocals screamed to the breaking point. From the straight-up barrage of grinding yet melodic tracks (“Carrying Icons”, “Final Relief”) to more downtempo, menacing ones (“Syngue Sabour”, “Thousand Of Nails”), «Malaise» is a dense album with rich atmospheres and structures. On these nine tracks THE RODEO IDIOT ENGINE’s trademark sound has turned more expressive, resulting in nothing but the band’s strongest material to date.“

Unfold is back ... and they bring with them a brand new album to be released in cd/lp this fall on Division Records.
Listen to hexahedron! This is an unreleased track from this upcoming album: Cosmogon
Don't miss their return to the stage at the "Rock Altitude Festival" on August 12th!

Throw Me Off The Bridge – Laval, France, 2011-present

(EN) : A bridge hanging over a torrent of raw emotions, where the purity of folk meets the intensity of post-hardcore. Goosebumps rushing down your spine, emotions clutching your stomach and tears lurking in the corner of your eyes: Throw Me Of The Bridge’s live shows will not leave you unaffected, as if you had just born witness to somebody’s life in fast forward. The fragility of fingerpicked melodies and of vocal chords on the brink of snapping only magnifies the punch packed by the simple formula of man standing in front of you with nothing but a guitar and his voice. Starting in his very childhood, Quentin Sauvé draws his fervor from 15 years of involvement in the heavy music scene, and manages to strip it down expertly to the six strings of a folk guitar. Equally serene in the intimacy of a dimly lit house show or standing alone on stage in front of 500 festival-goers, the French songwriter and strong believer in the DIY way of life already boasts over 150 shows in Europe. From Italy to Edinburgh, from Berlin to the Czech Republic, his torrent of emo-folk will take you to the edge to experience salutary vertigo.

(FR) : Pont suspendu sur un torrent d'émotions brutes, lorsque la pureté du folk atteint l'impact du post-hardcore. Des frissons dans la nuque, les poils qui se hérissent, les larmes qui guettent : chaque prestation live de Throw Me Off The Bridge éveille le sens et l'émoi, comme si un concentré de vie se jouait là sous nos yeux. L'incroyable puissance déchargée par une simple formule guitare/voix parvient toujours à conserver, intact, la fragilité d'arpèges tourmentés, d'une voix prête à rompre en éclats. De ses 15 années d'activisme dans la sphère hardcore-métal, attaquées dès l'enfance, Quentin Sauvé emprunte une même intensité. Mise à nu, dépouillée, il la transcrit ici de ses doigts virtuose sur les six cordes d'une guitare folk. Aussi à l'aise dans l'intimité feutrée d'un house-show que seul devant 500 festivaliers, le songwriter lavallois, combattant quotidien du DIY, compte déjà plus de 150 dates en Europe. De l'Italie à Edimbourg, de Berlin à la République tchèque, partout son torrent emo-folk emporte l'auditeur au bord d'un précipice, vers un vertige salvateur.

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