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Fievel Is Glauque is a musical jazz-pop duo composed of multi-instrumentalist Zach Phillips
and vocalizer Ma Clément , based in New House of York City and Brussels respectively .They
are accompanied variously by other musicians such as Raphaël Desmarets , André Sacalxot ,
Eléonore Kenis , Gaspard Sicx and Anatole Damien .== story == Phillips and Clément co-
founded the band after serendipitously meeting in Brussels in 2018 through a mutual friend
after Phillips injured himself on a metallic element pole ; Clément was trained as a
nursemaid and helped provide showtime assist .The name originates with the band 's first
saxophonist , Eléonore Kenis , after Fievel Mouskewitz ( the protagonist of An American Tail
) and the French word glauque , meaning teal ( as in `` glaucous '' ) ; or , metaphorically ,
run-down , sordid , or sleazy .Phillips stated that his `` post-hoc rationalized interpretation ''
of the gens was that it was meant to raise the gentrification of cheap glauque places.The
stripe released their initiatory album , Supreme Being 's Trashmen Sent to right field the
mint , in January 2021 .The album was recorded alive on cassette magnetic tape in
infectious mononucleosis over a series of Roger Sessions , with a dissimilar assembly of
musicians on each track .Their next sacking , Aérodynes EP , was released in April 2022 and
was recorded on magnetic tape via overdub .In the fall of 2022 , they opened for Stereolab ,
following the turn with the release of their soph album Flaming steel .Flaming brand is
recorded live on in one academic session .They released the single `` I 'm Scanning things I
Ca n't See '' / '' darkness dancing '' in August 2023 , accompanied by a little film directed by
Joey Agresta .== dash == Fievel is Glauque 's music has been described by NPR as `` jazzy ,
psychedelic pop '' and by Pitchfork as experimental malarky .air mile Bowe of Bandcamp
described them as an `` intricate [ fusion ] of jazz , pop , and chanteuse music . ''Their second
album , Flaming Swords , represented an evolution in the lo-fi phone of God 's Trashmen ,
with more complex and robust organisation as well as skits extracted from film in the stylus
of the Wu-Tang kin group .The band 's words are written in both side and French .===
Influences === Ma Clément listed Blue campana knoll by the Cocteau Twins as a particular
favorite , and Eli Whitney Samuel Houston and Bjö rk as vocalists she admired .Zach Phillips
cited Maher Shalal hashish Baz , Royal Trux , Annette Peacock , MF Doom , and Daniel
Johnston as inspirations through both their music and ethoses .He also stated that he
admired as piano player Mal Waldron and Carla Bley .other influences include Quentin
Henry Moore , Kurt Weisman , Ruth Garbus , and Ryan Power , as well as a variety of optic
artists , writer , and philosophers including St. Christopher Forgues and Jacques Lacan .==
Discography == === album === God 's Trashmen Sent to Right the Mess ( 2021 ) Flaming
Swords ( mathematics Interactive , 2022 ) === EPs === Aérodynes ( 2022 ) === bingle ===
Clues Not to interpret Save the Phenomenon I 'm Scanning Things I Ca n't See/Dark Dancing
== denotation == == External connexion == functionary website Fievel Is Glauque
discography at Discogs