Je Suis France is an American

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group formed in Athens, GA, in 1997. Their albums have been released by David Lowery's Pitch-A-Tent Records,

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, and Antenna Farm Records. The band has also self-released a number of singles and CD-Rs.

History

Je Suis France was formed in Athens, GA, in 1997. Sean Rawls of Masters of the Hemisphere and

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was the original drummer, but was eventually replaced by Jeff Griggs, also of Masters of the Hemisphere. In 2000 Je Suis France released their self-titled debut album on Pitch-A-Tent Records. They played the

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festival that fall and the following year's

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festival. 2002's Ice Age EP received airplay on

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radio show.

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, writing in

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, praised its "individual cool takes on hard-edged Prog-punk readymades". In 2003 they released Fantastic Area on

, which ranked twentieth on Polish music website Porcys's list of the best records released between 2000 and 2009. Fantastic Area was followed by 2007's Afrikan Majik album. In 2017 NME voted them the worst band in Athens, GA history.

Twilight Delirium

Between 2000 and 2009 Je Suis France oversaw the Twilight Delirium concert series. Twilight Delirium was an annual concert the night of the Twilight Criterium bicycle race. Dozens of bands played Twilight Delirium over the years, including Masters of the Hemisphere, Royal Bangs, and Summer Hymns.

Discography

Albums

* Je Suis France (Pitch-A-Tent Records, 2000) * Fantastic Area (

, 2003) * Afrikan Majik ( Antenna Farm Records, 2007) * Let's Give 'Em Something To Talk About ( Nokahoma Records, 2011) * Coleslaw III Drymouth ( Diskette Records, LTD, 2013) * By the Condo ( Nokahoma Records, 2017) * Back to the Basics of Love (

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, 2019)

Singles/E.P.s

* Ice Age 7" ( dcBaltimore2012, 2002) * Java Chats 7" ( Nokahoma Records, 2005) * ''Hot-Doggin' on a Flip-Flop'' (split 12" with

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) ( Nokahoma Records, 2007) * “Free Fog” b/w “Free Frog” 7” ( Nokahoma Records, 2017

Compilations

* Kindercore Christmas * Little Darla Has a Treat For You Vol. X

References

External links

*
Allmusic entry

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