The Newcastle based French punk-pop duo the Noise & the Naive were formed in 2017.A six-track blast of glorious, wilful discordant noise from The Noise & The Naïve, two piece who describe themselves as “power pop”,
With acknowledged influences that include Shonen Knife, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The White Stripes, Anne (drums, lead vocals) and Pauline (guitar, backing vocals) have forged their own unique take on the Riot grrrl aesthetic and gained a reputation for fire-cracking live sets that has led to gig invitations from events such as Hit The North, Evolution Emerging and Loud Women.
“Damned” with its “porn loving masturbators… sodomites, and lesbians” lyric is never going to gain much radio play, but beneath this is a stripped bare guitar and vocal tirade brimming with barely subdued rage. The Jon Spencer tinged “Mus Muscles” was released in February as a download only and shows the full range of Anne (drums, lead vocals) and Pauline (guitar, backing vocals), as they take a punk-blues riff and mangle it gleefully through Riot grrrl, the ensuing racket is a joy to behold, as is “Eggshell Milkshake” which has elements of mid 80’s Death to Trad Rock, rushing drums, shrieked vocals, its taut yet slack at the same moment, a fizzing ball of energy that precedes “10, 000 Men” with heavy cranked guitar riff, hammering drums, shimmering cymbals, odd breakdowns and switching timescales… this is a strange yet welcome voodoo.
“Abby” sounds like a Nightingales out take that was then put through The Noise & The Naïve mincer, before shouldering in some distorted noise ahead of remembering to jet off on a space rock trip to distant frazzled stars; the real curveball is closer “Seek Solace” which Anne wrote following the suicide of her brother, her anguish is palpable throughout the vocal, matched by tensile guitar slashing; there is both melancholy and welcome danger here.
Band Members
Pauline (guitars) and Anne (drums, vocals)
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