New Music: Fauna Nova – Repeat My Idiocy

Lyrically sharp and sonically stylish, Fauna Nova’s Repeat My Idiocy is catchy as heck as it takes post-punk to the dance floor.

Vocalist Maxime Poubanne brings a voguish and punkish flair to Repeat My Idiocy, super-cool and unflustered until hitting a passionate and polemical high in the chorus, turning the track from mannered to mayhem.

Repeat My Idiocy sees Poubanne and bandmates Pierre-Alexis Rouillé and Nicolas Disez zero in on a fusion of post-punk and cold wave before – as with the incendiary chorus – the track explodes into a wild display of punk and electro, as if determined to get the listeners to drop their inhibitions and possibly take to the streets. The difference between a riot and a revolution can be as little as a snappy slogan, and Fauna Nova have enough to take down governments. If you remember our label’s alumni Monitors and their way of making punchy art-rock-led post-punk with a disco beat, you’re sure to like Fauna Nova too.

You can hear Repeat My Idiocy and previous releases by Rennes-based Fauna Nova on Spotify and Bandcamp. For music and band news, head to Instagram or Facebook, and be sure to click on that follow button.

Header photo by Anne Marzeliere