Eux Autres

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We’re extremely chuffed to be hosting Eux Autres for their first ever gig in Scotland. They’re an indiepop band from San Francisco consisting of Nicholas and Heather Larimer, Yoshi Nakamoto (ex-Aislers Set and current Still Flyin’ drummer) and Nathan Berlinguette.

Eux Autres have just released their third album, Broken Bow, and it’s a stunner. Their sound has been likened to ‘the unrequited love song Doug Martsch would have penned for Francoise Hardy, had the time/space continuum conveniently collapsed’. With their literate Francophile pop played with guts and energy they’re a proper indiepop band, the kind Half My Heart Beats is all about!

Joining them will be The Hardy Boys, who formed in Greenock way back in 1985 and built a cult following on the back of their early releases. They’re back playing live after a long hiatus and have promised us a couple of new songs as well as the classics.


Praise for Eux Autre’s latest album, Broken Bow:

“It has a timeless, rough and tumble pure pop feel that perfectly matches its sometimes joyful, sometimes troubled, always kind of complicated lyrics” – Three Imaginary Girls

“Guitars are spare and heavily reverbed, drumming is primal, and boy-girl vocals are sweet without being overly precious. Basically, Eux Autres has been doing for years what many a lesser band is trying to do today” – The Days of Lore

“The best songs flog individual vocal talents. Nicolas’s goes down like a warm cup of naiveté on “A Band Undone”, a forlorn track that’s kissed by plenty of iridescence with its jangling guitars and piano curlicues, placing it firmly on a Zombies/Byrds footing. Meanwhile, Heather’s coy delivery on “Queen Turner” is as irresistibly treacle as the Pastels’ Katrina Mitchell’s vocal licks” – PopMatters

“Songs on Broken Bow are just as poignant and stunning as before… Always fun, there’s generally a hint of emotion, be it pensive dwelling on being treated poorly, or a raucous jaunt on a favored sports team. Fun, always; but the lyrics speak something a little different from what you might be used to. That, above almost anything else, is what makes Eux Autres one of the better pop bands around” - FensePost