Hard times will surely call,
and no love is without their flaw.
But you must have rain to see the rainbows,
and endure the thorns to have the rose.
About
[FR] General Bye Bye. Un trio mi-branque mi-savant associant avec fraîcheur le tranchant des cordes en acier, la frénésie cardiaque des peaux sur les fûts, et l’envoûtement enchanteur des circuits imprimés. Les chansons de General Bye Bye laissent tantôt rêveur tantôt danseur. Un ensemble foutraque qui sent l’humus et l’écume, les vestiaires et le plastique fondu. Philippe BEER-GABEL (guitare, voix, kantélé), l’homme à 3 mains, Emmanuel QUIRIÉ (claviers) et enfin le lunaire Etienne GILLET (batterie, bugle) ébauchent les plans d’une musique nouvelle à la croisée de Kraftwerk, Michaël Nyman et Blonde Redhead.
[US] A half-mad but oh-so-smart threesome that mixes the jagged edges of steel strings, the frenzied heartbeat of pounding drums and the bewitching enchantment of printed circuit boards to come up with songs made for dreaming and for dancing. A crazy group that smells of compost and froth, of changing rooms and melted plastic. A band that stands at the crossroads where Kraftwerk, Michael Nyman and Blonde Redhead never met. Following on from the release of their first EP Alphabet in 2009 and now armed with their recently-released album Girouette, General Bye Bye is heading off into battle once more.
