Beat Mark 'Howls of Joy'Beat Mark are one of a few French bands to strike with the noisy pop spirit of contemporary U. S. music (from MGMT to Dum Dum Girls), who don't hide their mid 80s to mid 90s English influences. Their sound has been described as nuggets of The Vaselines, and The Television Personalities with a few drops of The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Stone Roses and Primal Scream. Some have even evoked My Bloody Valentine. Whatever, the mix, the 2 boys and 2 girls of

not surprisingly

who had just made a flag-waving doofus of himself at Finsbury Park

Sometimes not

music (from MGMT to Dum Dum Girls)

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One Billion Year Record is his first self-release - a double album

with sleevenotes by David Fricke

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'Acetates’ – the new album by Smoking Trees for immediate download

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An example of the brilliance that can occur when cultures come together to create something new and beautiful