Le SuperHomard
With a sound that craftily mixes the smooth easy listening of the 1950s, sophisticated continental pop of the '60s, and the bands of the '90s like the Cardigans and Stereolab (who borrowed liberally from them as well), the French group Le SuperHomard displayed a warm, nostalgic glow on their 2016 debut EP, MapleKey. It landed them a deal with legendary indie pop label Elefant, which released their debut album, Meadow Lane Park, in 2019. With a solo Christophe Vaillant continuing to use the moniker, a collaboration with resonant-voiced indie pop singer Maxwell Farrington followed in 2021. That partnership continued, with releases including 2024's somewhat lusher Please, Wait…, which was recorded with classical musicians.
Le SuperHomard is guided by the pop vision of multi-instrumentalist/producer Christophe Vaillant, who in the early 2000s was in the power pop group the Strawberry Smell and later in the decade played in Pony Taylor. In 2015, he started work on Le SuperHomard as a solo venture but soon teamed with his drumming brother, Olivier, and vocalist Pandora Burgess for the project's first record, 2016's MapleKey EP, which was released by labels in Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. Vaillant utilized a combination of guitars and drum machines, vintage synths, and loping bass lines to craft music that showed the influence of classic songwriters like Burt Bacharach, the sonic skills of Brian Wilson, and the post-modern approach of craftspeople like Broadcast and the High Llamas. Vaillant assembled a live band and played shows starting in 2016.
After signing with Spanish label Elefant, Vaillant began work on a full-length album with the help of vocalist Julie Big, his brother Oliver, multi-instrumentalist Benoit Pithon and guitarist Rémi Saboul. Recording after hours at the record shop where he worked, Vaillant and co-producer Pithon crafted a sound that was lusher and more intricately arranged than MapleKey, while still following the same musical signposts. After first releasing the SpringTime EP in November 2018, the group's first full-length, Meadow Lane Park, was issued in early 2019.
Vaillant met Australian expat Maxwell Farrington at that year's MaMA Festival in Paris when he was taken by Farrington's a cappella version of a Burt Bacharach song for sound check. The two quickly bonded over a shared enthusiasm for artists including Sean O'Hagan, Scott Walker, and Lee Hazlewood, and Farrington went on to write lyrics for Vaillant, while Vaillant arranged a song for Farrington. The two exchanged demos, which led to a collaborative album. Credited to Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard, Once arrived on Talitres in April 2021. The collaboration continued on the EP I Had It All a year later, and in February 2024, Talitres released their second full-length, Please, Wait… It was recorded at French venue L’Autre Canal with opera and conservatory musicians.
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Discografía
20 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Please, Wait...
Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard, Maxwell Farrington, Le SuperHomard
Pop indie - Editado por Talitres el 2 feb. 2024
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I Had It All
Maxwell Farrington, Le SuperHomard
Pop - Editado por Talitres el 20 may. 2022
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Begging's Not My Business
Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard, Maxwell Farrington, Le SuperHomard
Pop indie - Editado por Talitres el 28 nov. 2023
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Xmas and the 3 Wise Men
Gaspard Royant, Maxwell Farrington, Le SuperHomard
Lounge - Editado por Bellevue Music el 2 dic. 2022
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Once
Maxwell Farrington, Le SuperHomard
Rock - Editado por Talitres el 30 abr. 2021
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Maple Key
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Echo Orange el 23 sep. 2016
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Plat Du Jour
Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard, Maxwell Farrington, Le SuperHomard
Pop - Editado por Talitres el 23 ene. 2024
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Two Hopeful Lovers
Maxwell Farrington, Le SuperHomard
Pop - Editado por Talitres el 14 abr. 2022
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Dry Salt in Our Hair (Remixes)
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Echo Orange el 2 jun. 2017
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We, Us The Pharaohs [single]
Maxwell Farrington, Le SuperHomard
Rock - Editado por Talitres el 5 mar. 2021
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Maple Key
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Echo Orange el 20 may. 2016
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Dry Salt in Our Hair
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Echo Orange el 24 jun. 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo