Sunday 7 December 2008, 8pm
Petit Mal: poignantly mechanized, conceptually leveraged electro-pop.
Reviews for the current single, Crisis in the Credit System:
‘As synthpop duos go, Petit Mal make the Pet Shop Boys look a bit, well, thick.’ – Guardian online
‘… oddly serene in its grave seriousness, like a hedge fund manager noting the eerie silence somewhere between his 31st floor window and the rapidly approaching pavement.’ – Louis Pattison, Guardian Guide
‘…irregular, damaged and skewed, jarring rhythms, angular electronics, wired time signatures … not unlike Hazel O’Connor in some kind of mutant post punk electro face off with DAF while the Native Hipsters impishly hide under the control desk…’
With Difficult Fun DJs