Le Couleur (CAN)

Le CouleurOver a decade-plus of output, the Montreal band Le Couleur has blended lounge,alternative, and disco into a bright, shimmering French pop sound. The group’s releases arealternatingly groove-filled and languid journeys through humanity’s impulses toward the thrillof movement and the crash of excess. The group—founding members Laurence Giroux-Do(vocals), Patrick Gosselin (bass), and Steeven Chouinard (drums), with live membersPhilippe Beaudin (percussion, synths), Jean-Cimon Tellier (guitar), and Louis-Joseph Cliche(synths, vocals)—has brought its dynamic, irresistibly danceable live experience tohundreds of shows outside Montreal, including opening sets for Giorgio Moroder and Polo &Pan.Le Couleur has completed four European tours with dates in France, the U.K., and Italy, withadditional notable appearances at SXSW, Liverpool Sound City, and Osheaga. The bandhas released two EPs and four albums to date, starting with their debut albumOrigami(2010) and then the EPsVoyage Love(2013) andDolce DésirEP(2015). After that camethe albumsP.O.P.(2016) andConcorde(2020)—and Le Couleur’s newest album, theconcept LPComme dans un Penthouse(2023), is its most ambitious, compelling releaseyet