the native omaha, current san franciscan trio eux autres (pronounced: ooz-oh-tra) channel “sixties french pop and with a unique sensibility”. the band’s name translates to “them others” and is made up of siblings nicholas (guitar and vocals) and heather larimer (vocals), and yoshi nakamoto on drums.

“eux autres write compact songs with sparse instrumentation and while the surface of the songs might seem nonchalant, the lyrics offer skewed observations and fierce barbs.”  i read on last.fm that most of their songs are about one of three things: military history, being “done wrong” and sports.

their third lp, broken bow hit on november 23, 2010.  “this new one is light and lithe and lovely – trade-off boy-girl vocals, light guitar jangle and light, airy melodies, wrote bloggers at 17dots.com. “it’s springtime indie pop arriving in the heart of the autumn.”

listen to their entire oeuvre here.   the album cover image always links to sample songs and the band's image to their website.

check here to see if eux autres have any gigs scheduled near you.

as always, please buy this album from your local independent music store by people who know and love music and not from retailers like wal-mart (soulless, globally-homogenizing, community-killers) or i-tunes (albums should be listened to as an entire composition with album cover and liner notes in hand).  incidentally, these two companies sell more music than any other retailer in the united states.  that my friend, bites.

eux autres sont c'est magnifique.

if you agree, please spread the word (about the band and this site).

jason

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