{"id":29395,"date":"2016-10-07T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=29395"},"modified":"2025-08-19T18:28:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:28:40","slug":"introducing-pepite-must-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/introducing-pepite-must-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: P\u00c9PITE [must listen]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There\u2019s something very appealing with this release. Something as hard to describe as brazilian \u2018Saudades\u2019, something in the four track EP Les bateaux by P\u00c9PITE<\/strong> released today (October 7th via microqlima<\/a>) that brings sweet melancholia all the way from the bottom of ones heart and re-surfaces these feelings like a Wes Anderson movie only can achieve. The sort of feelings you get when you fall for someone. Butterflies from a past summer holiday love that magically make their way back into an instant memory throwback full of cotton clouds\u00a0skies, dreamy sunsets and your summer love at your side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s very much the Frenchiest pop you\u2019ve heard this year. A coastal journey through some real fine songwriting, some tasty arrangements and atypical, child-like vocals. It\u2019s a brilliantly lighthearted body of work by Thomas and Edy considering the topics. One half of them having previously formed the band Sauvage (of which we already covered in 2013)<\/a>\u00a0and only recently went all in with this new endeavor. And blimey, what a result !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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J\u2019ai tant perdu dans ce naufrage
<\/span>Je me suis tromp\u00e9 je l\u2019ai pay\u00e9, je l\u2019ai pay\u00e9\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Clearly influenced by the likes of Beach House and Flavien Berger to name just a few. P\u00c9PITE<\/strong>, [translates to \u2018gem\u2019 in English],\u00a0delivers four very well produced tracks that\u2019ll have you bobbing your head sideways before you get to know the entire lyrics and start singing along. They formed around a common love for Jama\u00efcan dub, exchanged\u00a0their guitars and started working around synthesizers for a change. Adding those dreamy vocals to get the result you hear today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00c7a commence sous les hi\u00e9roglyphes, dans un ciel noir de pluie
<\/span><\/em>Et on va oublier dans les bars de la ville qui vraiment on \u00e9tait<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The duo P\u00c9PITE<\/strong> will no doubt be a true ambassador of what French music has got to offer these days. We\u2019re pleased to introduce them to you today. Hopefully you\u2019ll dig them as much as we do. our favourite tracks would definitely count \u201cLes Bateaux\u201d and \u201cHi\u00e9roglyphes\u201d amongst them. But the whole EP is worth a super spin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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