French Pop Dream

Today we release our first new record for over three years! The Day Passes like a Song is a story of getting lost/found in a new city and features the great Steve White (Style Council, Paul Weller etc) on drums. Exclusively on @Bandcamp for now . thefrenchpopdream.bandcamp.com/track/the-day-…

Here’s a most delightful letter from my hero Jonathan Richman, explaining why he couldn’t take part in my latest episode of Notes on Music (this morning, 11:30, on BBC Radio 4, then on BBC Sounds) on the just of music and driving alone

@nedboulting French magic and travel, in English. On topic, no? open.spotify.com/track/6X3Fniv5…

It’s a Jangle Out There playlist & playback. jangleoutthere.wordpress.com/2022/09/29/pla… @modelshopband @SlippersCozy @sunbeam_sm @AutocratsLane @peterhallmusic @freelovefenner @LNFGlasgow @emoresponse @4000Records

@TakeoutPop Bonsoir, here's our latest soft-voiced story from Paris; maybe you will enjoy? How can we send you more of our music? on.soundcloud.com/xZacz

Very pleased to have had All About Paris played on this pop show in Victoria (Australia) next to The Beatles and a lovely Kinks cover (People Take Pictures of Each Other) from @steadyholiday

@JoshMeadows3 Dear Josh, here is our latest soft-voiced story from 60s Paris. We hope you like it. How can we send you more of our music? thanks, TFPD soundcloud.com/french-pop-dre…

🎥Découvrez le parcours de la ligne B du métro à #Rennes 🚈

Last night's Mawkish Twaddle included everything in this list plus, for the very first time in the 5+ year history of the program, the G*****ul D**d. Specifically, it was a three-and-a-half-minute song compressed to 10 seconds. I can't imagine listening to them any other way.

@newaveclub Thanks Bob, will do!

@FrenchPopDream Thanks! It's really nice! I think it will indeed fit. You could send things to music@kxsf.fm. I'd love to hear more (and play a track or two)!

@newaveclub Dear Bob, Here is our latest softvoiced story from 60s Paris. Maybe it will fit in on MT? Let us know if/how we can send more/new stuff. TFPD thefrenchpopdream.bandcamp.com/track/all-abou…

New from us today on Spotify. open.spotify.com/track/22IXYSi5…

New from us today on Apple Music music.apple.com/us/album/the-f…

Only just heard 90s/00s band Souvenir. Spanish, signing in French, soft-voiced New Wave magic, like Vanessa Paradis changing direction but only slightly. Maybe you will love them too. open.spotify.com/track/4ZQUTd0I…

I love finding 60s singles that sound so incredibly 60s they could be fictional. Here's a zingy one for anyone about to fly abroad. Written by Marty Wilde. youtube.com/watch?v=VXrl23…

Anyway, we made this in 2018 - Brigitte Bardot's original was from 1964. Only later did we find out that it was written - incredibly - by a friend of a friend (when they were v young). Some soft-voiced summer magic, best heard lying in the sunshine. open.spotify.com/track/5xMiv1HK…

Well, a lot of big names have recorded there: Nabil Essemlani who engineered our session also worked on tracks for Kanye West there. Our song doesn't sound like Kanye. Maybe it sounds the opposite. open.spotify.com/track/5xMiv1HK…

Our cover of Brigitte Bardot's Une Histoire de Plage has been our most-played track on Spotify in the last 12 months. It was recorded at Studios de la Seine, near Place de la Bastille, which we chose partly because Francoise Hardy recorded there. open.spotify.com/track/5xMiv1HK…...

16 June 1994 - the day when before Sunrise is set, apparently... #BeforeSunriseDay #BeforeSunrise #JulieDelpy #EthanHawke youtube.com/watch?v=N-Goy3…

Still true, maybe more so... a Bond theme from 60s Paris