When French Films are made in Finland

French Films aren’t French or filmmakers. They’re a Finish band formed in 2010, whose first album (Imaginary Future) was released in 2011, but, in my opinion, 2013 is going to be Their Year, with capital letters. They're one of the 2013European Border Breakers Awards winners (a recognition to those new European bands that are achieving more importance out of their countries) and they're about to shoot a new LP, White Orchid, in April (clic here to watch a making-of clip).

What do they do? Their music has been described as a mix of garage spirit, surf rock, post punk and new wave pop... Wow! And though it sounds like a very complex recipe, believe me, their songs are really easy to swallow and digest. It’s music full of energy and sun light, and lyrics about youth, about the will to live, about dreams, about growing up and how to cope with growing up. It’s that kind of sound that makes your day, that charges your batteries.

Now, if you Google them you won’t find any website, but they’ve got a quite active Facebook page and a pretty much abandoned MySpace (how cute is that!). And if you search a bit closer, avoiding all the 100-French-films-you-can’t-miss websites (or 10, or 50, whatever), you can see how some top level music magazines are starting to talk about them. This is their moment, they are here and they’ll stay. Get used to their name and give them a listen. What else can I say? Relax. Enjoy.