La Femme returns to its first love of new-wave from Psycho Tropical Berlin (Machine), which they fuse with an 80s/90s Anglo-Saxon rock sound (Rock). The album is a tribute to rock, its effectiveness and timelessness. La Femme makes rock with machines. After Psycho Tropical Berlin, Mystères and Paradigmes, the band created by Marlon Magnée and Sacha Got returns with Rock Machine, their first album written entirely in English. Composed over the last few years during various tours around the world, this new LP was strongly inspired by a string of dates in the USA. Rock Machine, armed with a new electro-arena-rock sound, is a globetrotting album ready to seduce an even wider international audience.
With Rock Machine, La Femme continues to develop an unfashionable, multidimensional universe with its own sound and aesthetic. The first single, Ciao Paris, is a metaphorical farewell to France, with its nod to 60s YéYé pop sprinkled with electro-surf. On Clover Paradise, the band invites us onto a dark, hypnotic dancefloor. Love Is Over is a haunting new-wave ballad reminiscent of the Madchester bands of the 90s who played at the Hacienda. Venus is an irresistible, intoxicating encounter between the Velvet Underground and The Mamas and the Papas. In addition to rock and synthwave sounds, there’s also electro (Sweet Babe), disco in UK punk sauce (My Generation) and many other surprises.
