French For Cartridge

The new video for “Boxes”, made by Keiko Sumida, is here! 

Calling it a short film would probably do it more justice - a love story set amidst some ugly/pretty modernist East London urban boxes.

This is of course one side of our new AA-sided 7", which is out this week and available to buy from Rough Trade, Norman Records, Amazon, iTunes and our own shop, together with the album it’s taken from.

If you like it, buy your copy online now or get your copy in person from us when we play at Rough Trade West this Saturday, August 24th.

New album “We Humans" out now - available from our shop, Rough Trade, Amazon, iTunes or your local record store!

There’s been some very nice reviews over the last few days!

“And the award for the weirdest album of the year goes to…We Humans by French For Cartridge”, according to Closewatch! We’re especially liking the bit where the reviewer calls the first three songs “the strangest opening salvo from an album I’ve heard in a long, long time.” Just like we intended.

But our favourite is this one from Rocksucker, who gives “Piff Paff Pow” 4/5 in their Best Singles Of The Week-column:

“Ridiculously eccentric, and jolly lovely with it. It’s rare for something to be quaint and berserk at the same time, but this succeeds valiantly. This is completely off its rocker and we bloody loves it for it…How is it even possible that this comes from the same planet as Travis’s new single?”

We were also mentioned on Drowned in Sound’s weekly singles write-up, The Chap remix of “We Humans” was played on this month’s svelte selection and we were again featured on Art School Dancing on Castle FM in Edinburgh.

Don’t forget to buy your copy of the new 7" from all the usual places or come and see us at Rough Trade West on Saturday and get it then!

New album “We Humans" out now - available from our shop, Rough Trade, Amazon, iTunes or your local record store!

Our new 7" vinyl single is out today!!

This double A-side features “Boxes” and “Piff Paff Pow”, a Yin/Yang-pairing off the new album, with beautiful packaging by our designer Damien Beaton. Limited to 300 copies, it also includes a download card.

Buy it from the following places:

Straight from us
Amazon
Rough Trade
Norman Records
iTunes

And your local record store!

Need more convincing before parting with your money? Watch the fantastic video for “Piff Paff Pow” and listen to “Boxes” below or come see us live on August 24th at Rough Trade West.

What others say:

“It starts like Alt-J, becomes alt-jazz, and gets weirder and weirder!” - Paul Lester/Amazing Radio
“Cerebral composition with an infectious quality.” - Clash Magazine
“Kontz & Vaxby have a deft musicality… ace.” - The Quietus
“French For Cartridge have a knack for creating textured and dynamic songs that defy convention” - 7bitArcade

New album “We Humans" out now - available from our shop, Rough Trade, Amazon, iTunes or your local record store!

Did you think the videos would stop now that the album is out?

Well, you were wrong! There will be a video for each of the songs off “We Humans” and next up is this beautiful animation made by Ebba Erikzon for The Puddle and premiered on the Clash Magazine website earlier this week.

Ebba is a Swedish animator/filmmaker, who has previously worked on stuff for Radiohead and also made the video for Twice As Nice from our first album. We think her video captures the fragile mood of Nina Pottell’s lyrics perfectly!

And the Scandi contingency of the band is digging the Alfons Åberg-feel of the houses at the beginning…

New album “We Humans" out now - available from our shop, Rough Trade, Amazon, iTunes or your local record store!

Look! Regardez!

Clash Magazine are premiering the latest video from “We Humans” over on their website!! A beautiful animation by Ebba Erikzon for “The Puddle”. Yay!

New album “We Humans" out now - available from our shop, Rough Trade, Amazon, iTunes or your local record store!

Missed the French For Cartridge Fun Fayre?

There will be a number of occasions to see us play live in London in August:

August 17th
FFC Kids Party @ Stepney City Farm
More info here.

August 18th
Dinner With Daisy Club Night @ Jamboree
More info here.

August 24th
Free instore @ Rough Trade West
More info here.

All the gigs will be with a slightly different set-up, choose one or come to all!

Now, will Henri wear his golden shoes to any of them?

(Photo by Benji Kontz)

New album “We Humans" out now - available from our shop, Rough Trade, Amazon, iTunes or your local record store!

Our “Boxes/Piff Paff Pow” 7" vinyl, designed by Damien Beaton, will be out on August 19th!

Pre-order a copy including downloads from:

Rough Trade
Norman Records

Or buy it in person on August 24th when we play an instore at Rough Trade West!

New album “We Humans" out now - available from our shop, Rough Trade, Amazon, iTunes or your local record store!