Stuck In The Sound

I saw this band last night on the program One Shot Not on the ARTE network. One Shot Not is a music presentation of diverse artists by the great dummer Manu Katche. He presents different artists of differnt genres and tries to give exposure to artists which one might never see on television. He will play with some of the artists and they get a chance to play ttogether as part of the show. I really like the show becauuse it is one of the few music shows which allows you to actually have a glimpse of the personalities of the artists in a very unpretentious manner.

Last night he presented the Parisian band, Stuck In The Sound, and they performed 2 pieces from their latest recording, Shoe Gazing Kids. This was one of the pieces, Ouais!
I was struck by the complexity of the compositions, which always seemed to be coherently about the song...the length and variety of texture made it all the more interesting. The sheer seeming simplicity of layered guitars and bass with a great drummer and vocals propelled by kinetic energy,raw emotion and an understanding of dynamics.
Stuck In The Sound has been around since 2002 and has released 3 records, from what I heard last night, they are worthy of international recognition and have created a body of original work that I find rare in the machine like assembly line of the French Pop Music Industry.