Tag: Suzie & The Rocket The Karel Show

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: Suzie & The Rocket Shares Breezy Disco Bop “The Light”

French duo Suzie & The Rocket — vocalist Manon Zouiche and Mlle Caro and Franck Garcia‘s multi-instrumentalist Franck Garcia — specialize in cinematic sound that draws from the 70s AM Radio California pop sound with nods to several Italian film score composers. 

The duo’s full-length debut, The Karel Show is slated for a May 2024 release. While reportedly revealing their undying eagerness for musical innovation, the album’s material sees the duo pairing Zouiche’s dreamy melodies and thematic concerns with Garcia’s prowess for catchy hooks and science and tech background. The result according to the duo is music that will lead the listener to dancing through a breezy pop that’s dreamy, trippy and a bit melancholic. 

Late last year, I wrote about the duo’s debut single — and their full-length debut single “Scared Of The Wind” was a carefully crafted and breezy bit of psych pop featuring twinkling keys, a supple bass line and a steady rhythm paired with Zouiche’s dreamily yearning delivery and some remarkably catchy hooks. Rooted in bittersweet nostalgia “Scared Of The Wind” was written while the duo was in Southern France during ga hot summer with a strong wind called a sirocco. As the duo say “That Sirocco is a vivid wound, the one that appears after a series of failures.” The song questions “our ability to overcome anxiety and melancholy.”

The Karel Show‘s second and latest single “The Light” is a sleek and breezy bit of disco pop that channels Daft Punk‘s “Get Lucky,” JOVM mainstays Say She She and Escort, as well as 79.5. With the weather being a bit warmer here in NYC, it’s a reminder that summer is just around the corner.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: Suzie & The Rocket Share Breezily Melancholy “Scared Of The Wind”

French duo Suzie & The Rocket — vocalist Manon Zouiche and Mlle Caro and Franck Garcia‘s multi-instrumentalist Franck Garcia — specialize in cinematic sound that draws from the 70s AM Radio California pop sound with nods to several Italian film score composers.

The duo’s full-length debut, The Karel Show is slated for a December release. While reportedly revealing their undying eagerness for musical innovation, the album’s material sees the duo pairing Zouiche’s dreamy melodies and thematic concerns with Garcia’s prowess for catchy hooks and science and tech background. The result according to the duo is music that will lead the listener to dancing through a breezy pop that’s dreamy, trippy and a bit melancholic.

The duo’s first single together, and The Karel Show‘s first single “Scared Of The Wind” is a carefully crafted, breezy bit of psych pop featuring twinkling keys, a supple bass line and a steady rhythm paired with Zouiche’s dreamy and yearning delivery and some remarkably catchy hooks. Rooted in bittersweet nostalgia, “Scared Of The Wind” was written while the duo was in Southern France during a hot summer with a strong wind called a sirocco.

As the duo say “That Sirocco is a vivid wound, the one that appears after a series of failures.” The song questions “our ability to overcome anxiety and melancholy.”