Pamplemousse was born on Reunion Island in February
2016. After a year locked away in their rehearsal space, the
band released their debut album in 2017 on the A Tant
Rêver du Roi label (France). Recorded by themselves, with
home-made visuals in a purely DIY logic, this eponymous
debut album lays the foundations for a noise rock tainted
with abrasive blues far from the sunny postcard of Indian
Ocean. For the release of their second album “High Strung”
in 2019, still on A Tant Rêver du Roi, Pamplemousse went
off to record in analog at Studio Black Box in Angers with
Peter Deimel (Chokebore, Shellac, Cows..). Both recordings
are acclaimed by national (Rolling Stone, New Noise,
Mowno, etc.) and international (Maximum R'n'R, KEXP,
BBC6) media. Glowing comparisons abound with masters of
the genre from the 90s scene, and Shellac, Fugazi, Girls vs
Boys and Chokebore, as well as the labels Amphetamine
Reptile and Touch ‘n’ Go, are all mentioned when referring to
the power trio from Reunion Island.
One can enjoy the urgency of listening to Pamplemousse’s
music live, their thunderous sound emancipates itself from
the Noise, Garage, Punk, Grunge or even the Stoner
styles.The band has toured extensively in France, Belgium,
Switzerland, Germany and Spain, sharing the stage with
Unsane (NYC), Lysistrata, It It Anita, Fuzz (Ty Segall), Cash
Savage and The Last Drinks and Flat Worms, among others.
In 2021, Pamplemousse changed their line-up and it was
now as a duo that the band locked themselves away for a
year to compose their third album,
“Think Of It”
. Recorded in
2022 at the Black Box by Peter Deimel, and mixed by them
in their studio on Reunion Island, it was released in March
2023. With this new formula, Sarah (drums) and Nico
(guitar/vocals) continue to shape the band's style: edgy, wild,
but they also broaden their spectrum and lean towards indie
rock, as on the heady “One Millions Doors”
.
2024 marks another change, with the duo packing up and
moving to Lorraine (East of France). Pamplemousse
continued to rehearse and compose for the follow-up to their
album “Think of It”
.
At the end of 2024, the duo returned for the third time to the
Black Box studio in Angers with Peter Deimel in charge of
the recording and mastering. The result is “Porcelain”
, an
uncompromising and abrasive fourth album to be released
on September 26, 2025, still on A Tant Rêver du Roi label.
From the introductory “More Beautiful Than Madonna”
, with
its noise-rock fury and brilliant video, to the final track “Brick
Head”
, with its hypnotic guitars, and the indie punk gem
“Bad Penny”
,
“Porcelain” excels in controlled chaos.
