Saffron Eyes - Smile Until It Hurts [LP]

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: UR83LP
Barcode: 3760344440777
Release Date: 22 Sep 2023
Genre: Alternative

Like an annabac, the first seconds of the first song from the first album by SAFFRON EYES (a group from Saint-Etienne including members of Raymonde Howard, Le Parti, ThOmas.W...) summarize, for those in a hurry, the themes and feelings that will be developed on the short half-hour of music that the disc contains: smiles in front, blows in the back, amicable breakups and deaf threats. Smile Until It Hurts encapsulates all of this: pleasure in offering (racy and referenced songs, in the fine tradition of indie rock), joy in receiving (pies in the mouth). If the previous EP - first recording act - of the group Pursue a Less Miserable Life (released in 2020 on our label) had a taste of the end of summer, this one clearly smells of the Cold War. He is degreased, boned and only the desire to fight remains, mischievously camouflaged under a form of obvious beauty that whistles in the shower. A production fed on indie rock and its roots (blues, post-punk and a hint of doo-wop), bringing together around a happy campfire the Pixies, Jesus Lizard, Wet Leg, Fugazi, The Cramps, The Gun Club, La Luz, The Feelies, The Bad Seeds, Kathleen Hanna, Anna Waronker…

Tracklisting: 1. Not The End 2. All I Want (Is A Little Love From You) 3. Sympathy For The Losers 4. Get Out Of My Head! 5. Take A Hammer, Consuela! 6. Tied Up To The Thread You're Weaving Around Me 7. Run The City 8. Boredom As A Game 9. Nothing Personal 10. Love Is A Shed