Today, before heading out on their North American tour, Caravan Palace (a 6-piece live band and a trio in the studio) are giving the standout track “City Cook” a fresh moment in the spotlight with a brand-new single release. Originally part of Gangbusters Melody Club (Le Plan Recordings), the song now comes in a tighter, punchier edit, perfect for those who like their tunes with a bit more bite. To top it off, the band has teamed up once again with directing duo Double Ninja - who previously brought “Lone Digger”, “Miracle”, “Moonshine” and “Wonderland” to life—for a music video that’s as delightfully offbeat as you’d expect.
The Parisian trio Caravan Palace will head out on their 24-date North American tour. Live, the band expands to a 6-piece performance force, with dates starting, tomorrow, March 14th in Mexico City, going through the West Coast, Texas, East Coast, and ending on April 17th in Miami, Florida. General tickets are now on sale, with dates selling out http://www.caravanpalace.com/tour.
About the “City Cook” music video, the band adds: “Once every seven days, a ritual takes place—a ceremony as old as the civilization itself, whether it be ancient or alien. They are bound to a single sense: sight. Their deity, by contrast, perceives all. And so, in fear of what they cannot match, they seal its eyes, stripping it of the only power they themselves possess. From the bowels of the earth, they extract their offering—flesh of beast, flesh of root—feeding a cycle neither questioned nor broken. And with each offering comes a spectacle to behold, a feast for sight alone—pleasure twisted into ritual, excess into sustenance. What is this but the order of men, subjugating the feminine, binding its body to hunger, to control, to torment without end? Or is it humankind itself, ransacking the world for instant reward, for pleasure stripped of meaning, for wealth that devours all? The deity endures, plundered yet inexhaustible. The cycle turns once more. Meaning shifts in the eye of the beholder. The question remains.”
The platinum-selling group, initially formed to score a vintage silent erotic film for French TV, now delivered a layered album; on the surface, it is a sample-centric, frisky disco tune about the joys of dancing, but dig deeper into its hypnotic mix of soul, swing, freaky funk, & French Touch, and you'll find a complex, yet inspiring, narrative about jealousy, self-acceptance, and confidence. The title Gangbusters Melody Club refers both to a radio broadcast that began in the 1930s and the outdated expression it inspired to imply that something is exciting – going gangbusters. “It’s funny and vintage, which sums us up,” says Charles. “Plus, we love the word Club in that context - it evokes a secret society.”
Throughout their career, Caravan Palace consistently defies musical conventions and genres, forging their unclassifiable, hybrid pop signature sound. Embraced by multiple communities (dancers, gymnasts, gamers, video animators...) who adopt their tracks and turn them into viral hits, the group has achieved enormous success, accumulating several billion streams across all platforms as well as an RIAA Platinum Certified Single with “Lone Digger". Their idiosyncratic soundscapes achieve the rare feat of being both unique and commercial.
Gangbusters Melody Club, their fifth album is a joyous jigsaw puzzle of an album and their most dancefloor-friendly to date. The band aimed to stay streamlined, yet the trio packed more influences than ever before into their elegant earworm songs. The jazz and swing for which they became famous over a decade ago is back with a bang, alongside their love of French House and electronica.
As ever, the album began in their separate studios, Arnaud de Bosredon and Charles Delaporte sharing snippets of music, before coming together to create instrumentals which, together with singer Colotis Zoe, inspire their mysterious, frequently wrong-footing lyrics. “Five albums in, you think making our songs should get easier, but it’s harder work,” says Arnaud. “I blame getting older. When you are a teenager, you can be moved by a specific harmony or melody because it’s the first time you hear it. Over time, sounds become less fresh. We want to make pop music that’s always different, but not let it become too complicated. So we set out to deconstruct everything,” adds Charles. “The result was we liberated ourselves.”
Caravan Palace on tour:
- Fri 3.14 - Mexico City, MEX @ Auditorio BB (LAST TICKETS)
- Sat 3.15 - Guadalajara, MEX @ Guanamor Teatro Estudio
- Wed 3.19 - Dallas, TX @ The Echo
- Fri 3. 21 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
- Sat 3.22 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
- Mon 3.24 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
- Tue 3.25 - Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theatre
- Thu 3.27 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
- Fri 3.28 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO (LAST TICKETS)
- Sat 3.29 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue (LAST TICKETS)
- Mon 3.31 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
- Tue 4.1 - Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
- Thu 4.3 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
- Fri 4.4 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues (SOLD OUT)
- Sat 4.5 - Detroit, MI @ St Andrew's Hall (SOLD OUT)
- Mon 4.7 - Toronto, ONT @ The Concert Hall
- Tue 4.8 - Montreal, QUE @ L'Olympia
- Thu 4.10 - Boston, MA @ Royale (SOLD OUT)
- Fri 4.11 - New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
- Sat 4.12 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
- Sun 4.13 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club (SOLD OUT)
- Tue 4.15 - Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theater
- Wed 4.16 - Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
- Thu 4.17 - Miami, FL @ Revolution Live