Paris, a sunny sunday morning, April 1993. They were sitting outside a cafe, smoking cigarettes and arguing about perfect clothes and tasty wines, strange movies and acceptable sounds. They were thinking of great pop trios, from THE SUPREMES to CODEINE, from Godard’s “Band Of Outsiders” to THE JAM, from “Forever Changes” to “Some Velvet Morning” or “The Blow Up”. Above all, they all came to smile when someone mentioned FELT. For all of three, the best band ever, The ultimate pop genius. Anyway, by this point, Alex, Daniel and Jean-Baptiste knew they had to join their talents.
Alex was born in Madrid and lived for some time in London before she moved to Paris. She has big green eyes, dark hair and perfect lips. She loves Laura Nyro, Dusty Springfield and MOOSE, she thinks Mark E. Smith is a genius and Lawrence (from FELT/DENIM) is God. She sings and writes the lyrics.
So the band was formed, and the name chosen was SPRING (taking it from an old Blue Note jazz record). One week later they held their first gig ever in the French capital: they played three songs and left the stage. Someone said they were the new VELVETS. Strange, since they just wanted to sound as the new FELT. Shortly after that they recorded an instrumental theme which they sent to Bob Stanley, and SAINT ETIENNE’s leader thought that “Bob Cool”, the song, was good enough as to be included on his label’s compilation, “We Are Icerink”. But before this important step on their musical career, SPRING had already supported MOOSE and THE DIVINE COMEDY in Paris (they would later play the support act for PULP and LUSH as well).
They all went to London, just to prove how punk could a semiacoustic band sound, and on those gigs they realized they needed someone else. So Christophe appeared into the scene, a funny guy who had already played with other bands and, even though it can sound weird, he had never heard of some Maurice Deebank before playing with SPRING. He loves English sixties pop and psychedelia. He plays electric guitar and writes some music as well.
So now they were four: walking, drinking “pastis” and thinking about songs, arrangements and shows. But nothing is easy, and Daniel leaves the band to become the manager of DARLIN’ (better known later as DAFT PUNK). Afterwards François, a young man who’s always happy, came to play bass in the band. He works as a fashion and costumes designer in Paris, he likes Gainsbourg and the bands from 4AD. His friends say he looks like Marlon Brando; the young Marlon Brando, of course.
After such adventures for a young band, SPRING is proud to present their first ever single, out on Elefant Records. “Something Beginning” is the Ep, recorded before Christophe and François joined the band. These are three warm songs about love, formica tables, sweet dreams and moody atmospheres. This is a trip around a romantic city. What all great pop music should be about, anyway...
