French For Cartridge - Liquorice

French For Cartridge

is a London-based band fronted by a male/female duo. Formed as an
attempt to create atonal pop music whilst at Goldsmiths, the band has recently released their
acclaimed second album ‘Liquorice’ on Dinner With Daisy Records. For this collection of genre
defying, style bending art pop, the band worked with S. Husky Höskulds (Tom Waits, Fantomas, Meshell
Ndegeocello), who has enveloped the songs in a suitably twisted aural landscape.

French For Cartridge has garnered support from Rob Da Bank/BBC Radio 1, Artrocker, The Wire, Organ and
Resonance FM, with the first double A-sided single ‘Oooh!/Picture Negative’ being met with universal
praise on numerous blogs and more established magazines alike.

Oh, and the name? The band takes its name from its side project (‘une cartouche’ – which is French
for ‘cartridge’) which in turn took its name from what the band used to be called.


“They have taken a batch of simple pop songs and slightly distorted them into the kind of left field sound that
will no doubt preclude them from the mainstream but see them lauded as cult heroes of the indie scene." (Playing
Out Loud, May 2010)

“Liquorice is an early contender for sleeper hit of the year, fusing together mischief and inventiveness. The album
branches out beyond the usual constrained art pop boundaries, flying out of the common room and landing smack bang
into the exhibit hall.” (God Is In The TV, February 2010)

“Pretty damn progressive! In an arch sort of way.” (Byron Coley/The Wire, December 2009)

“Like Mary Poppins on an acid trip.” (Artrocker.com, September 2009)

“Still as different as ever, still as unique, still as good.” (Organ, September 2009)

"This is a delightful oddity of an album, with all the integrity of an indie heavyweight, but all the jovial
frivolity of a European circus. They’re not trying too hard to be ‘weird’, or to bother fitting into any particular
style or direction, which is refreshing. A casual meander into the world of sound. Brilliant." (Artrocker.com – May
2010)

"Bristling with energy, invention and melody." (Epileptic Gibbon – May 2010)

"This band is truly something unique." (Call Upon The Author – March 2010)

“London’s unusual French For Cartridge continue to mix up their genres as effectively as the Dulux Colours machine
on the B&Q paint counter...Odd but infectious." (manchestermusic.co.uk, December 2009)

"More originality than a Salvador Dali retrospective, a Terry Gilliam box set and a Yoko Ono happening." (Devil Has
The Best Tuna, November 2009)

“This 9 tracker is great fun. Mixing up a heap of styles (all played with remarkable assurance and chops), there’s
elements of jerky, spiky u.s. new wave, mars volta’s complex chord blasts, bearsuit/melt banana frantic pop, lush
harmonies, avant-rock stylings and hummable tunes. Schizophrenic yes, but rewarding, energetic stuff.” (Rough
Trade, April 2006)

“Boldly different and cogent, Cartridge prove that originality doesn’t have to come at the expense of a tune.
Genius.” (manchestermusic.co.uk, January 2006)

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