"I Killed My Best Friend is the debut album from Le Volume Courbe (French for 'The Volume Curve') lead by French expatriate Charlotte Marionneau and inspired by the do-your-own-thing ethos of Nico, Patti Smith and Yoko Ono. After moving from France to London Charlotte Marionneau began composing and making tracks, receiving vital encouragement from musicians like Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval and David Roback, My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields and Colm O'Ciosoig, all of whom contribute to the record. Most of it was recorded at home. It's a lo-fi punk record, but punk in attitude rather than in musical style. It is a strange, otherworldly concoction of sounds filled with fragile vocals and haphazard guitars, flowing like an enchanting and elusive diary of dreams." – Forced Exposure

“The product of London based and Pays de la Loire born Charlotte Marionneau, Le Volume Courbe's debut LP 'I Killed My Best Friend' has been ten years in the making; accruing an all-star line up of contributors and highly distinct sound along the way. From the opening gambit of 'Harmony' you feel impelled to make comparisons to a Gaelic Broadcast, sharing as it does a particular affinity with their track 'Booklovers' and a more general impression of spiraling, frosted intent. Yet no sooner have you cracked open a pigeon-hole, Marionneau goes off on a tangent delivering a queasy composition that sounds rather like Hanne Hukkelberg. In a haunted house. On a boat. On rough seas. Elsewhere the title track is a vial of Shields produced pop which manages to make more of an impact in its 79 seconds than many songs 5 times that length, 'Sitting In Your Head' is an insistent acoustic rattle that isn't six degrees away from Ben Gibbard, whilst 'This & That' belies its Kevin Shields writing credit amongst the hushed rectitude of gently ebbing melodies. Closing with a break laden throb of avant-hop, 'I Killed My Best Friend' is a fabulous kaeldoscope for the ears which reveals new facets on each and every listen. Pump up the volume!” - Boomkat

www.myspace.com/levolumecourbe

MATHEW SAWYER & THE GHOSTS

The enigmatic Mathew Sawyer is a man with many facets. he is an internationally respected visual artist, he's played drums for the influential post-punk band the television personalities, and he is the lead singer and songwriter with his own musical collective, Mathew Sawyer And The Ghosts. 'blue birds blood' has a stunning depth and wistfulness. with sawyer's sauntering rasp as the charming cornerstone, this lo-fi pop paradise offers a proper candidate for some of the sweetest tunes heard yet this year. -ROUGHTRADE

www.myspace.com/theghostsmyspace