“FASHION POLICE”
LE BANG
House of Feelings, the label that has brought you some of the most exciting transmissions from the new electroclash/indie sleaze scene this year, returns today with the latest single and video from Le Bang, “Fashion Police.”
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- Photo by Layla Blue Rudolph
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- Photo by Layla Blue Rudolph
Photo by Layla Blue Rudolph
Le Bang is rapidly emerging as one of the bands to see in this current moment of NYC musical renewal. Taking inspiration from stylish aughts bands like Sexy Sushi and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, as well as their punk forebearers Siouxsie and the Banshees, Le Bang adds a cheeky edge to the mix through frontwoman Lola Lancon’s winking vocal delivery. Born in Paris but a New Yorker through and through, Lancon is at times droll and sarcastic and at other times ferocious, bringing to mind a young Karen O. The trio, rounded out by drummer Billy Hay and bassist Stavros Lari, tear through Lancon’s effortlessly catchy melodies as if racing to fit as many hooks into two minutes as they can.
Photo by Layla Blue Rudolph
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- Photo by Layla Blue Rudolph
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- Photo by Layla Blue Rudolph
“Fashion Police” is Le Bang’s hilarious take on pretentious haute couture, and those who fall for its trappings. Directed by Persia Beheshti, it is a campy, nightmarish image of fashion authority, with references pulled from vintage Vogue editorials, “Blade Runner,” the Milk Bar in “A Clockwork Orange,” and the “Hunger Games.” The scene unfolds in a surrealist fashion HQ, a kind of department-store compound where victims get dragged in and interrogated for making unstylish choices.
Photo by Layla Blue Rudolph
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- Photo by Layla Blue Rudolph
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- Photo by Layla Blue Rudolph
Do not miss Le Bang on their way to the forefront of the new wave of NYC bands. Single and video available now on House of Feelings Records.
Photo by Layla Blue Rudolph
Photo by Layla Blue Rudolph
