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Liverpool, Merseyside (2003 – present)

Hot Club de Paris are an indie-rock trio from Liverpool, Merseyside consisting of Paul Rafferty (vocals/bass/baritone guitar), Matthew Smith (guitar/vocals) and his brother Alasdair Smith (drums/vocals). Inspired by such diverse groups as Owls, Storm and Stress, Pavement, Don Caballero, Joan Of Arc, Les Savy Fav, Minutemen, Black Flag, XTC and Talking Heads, they create fast-paced, melodic music combining sing-along choruses with intricate arrangements, three-part vocal harmonies, odd time signatures and literate, observational lyrics.

They formed in 2003, their name being inspired by a budget compilation of Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli’s Quinette du Hot Club de France. They signed to Moshi Moshi records in 2005, and released their debut album Drop It ‘Til It Pops in October 2006, from which four singles were taken.

2006 and 07 were spent touring with Maxïmo Park, Jamie T, Dirty Pretty Things, GoodBooks, Slow Club, DARTZ! and Safetyword, and 2008 saw the arrival of their second album Live At Dead Lake, recorded in Chicago with producer Brian Deck.

Their latest releases are a pair of download and limited 10” EPs: With Days Like This As Cheap As Chewing Gum, Why Would Anyone Want To Work? (January 2010) and The Rise and Inevitable Fall of the High School Suicide Cluster Band (May 2010), both supported by UK tours.

Official Website: http://www.hotclubdeparis.com
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  • Mycodenameis

    Trade winds are at the doorstep hoist up your hosiery, fall down crawl up together push this mattress out to sea. Grappled by the epaulettes these are the new rough dance steps, I slipped fell down the stairs in the club where were first met i saw a shipwreck!

    November 2011

  • hotclubdeparis

    I think it sounds like a shit version of the start of Jessica by the Alman Brothers too. We love Archers of Loaf and a bunch of other bands and probably reference/influence/copy tons of stuff by tons of people. Some inadvertently, some because we go... wouldn't it be cool if it did that like in that song.

    October 2011

  • ruinyourshoes

    I don't know if it was intentional or not-- and I'll feel like a dolt if this has been discussed before-- but "Noses Blazing" follows almost the exact same everything as "Web in Front" by Archers of Loaf. What's with this? They're both rad songs, so I don't really care. But you know...

    October 2011

  • songsandshapes

    Awesome tunes!

    August 2011

  • hamishdonnelly

    it's a crime these guys aren't bigger

    July 2011

  • lie_emalie

    brilliant!

    June 2011

  • MelvinfromHell

    I don't know if anyone has noticed, but "Fuck You, The Truth" is almost the exact same song as "The Squirrel Song" by "Shellac". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSNDrYwptzo I'm not saying they stole it, but I would more count it as sort of hommage. As english is not my native tongue, I'd love to really get, what this song is about :)

    March 2011

  • MelvinfromHell

    Mamma Mia! What a Band! I Like the new album a lot!!!

    March 2011
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Apr 27 Hot Club de Paris RIP Le Bateau. This was about you and the fun we had on board back in the infancy of the noughties.... http://t.co/R5BKklOd via Twitter

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