In the last year, Peruvian singer-songwriter Francois Peglau has acquired a great amount of international attention, enough to signal him as Peru's most lauded export. Almost every publication out there claims he makes lo-fi indie music, but actually, all of his songs are like quirky slim boleros (at least like those documented on 80's Television). Peglau's methods of composition might not be the most intricate, but they're sharp enough to tell a story. As seen on his new clip "We Know We Won't Make It" (from his album The Imminent Failure of Francois Peglau), Francois has the personality of a well-collected stage comedian; he's so charming I want to hug him. The clip sets up a sort of 2011 Cinderella story (or maybe closer to Betty La Fea), where a girl finds gets to live her fantasy when she breaks 'the fourth wall', finding her freedom, a new look, and the boy of her dreams along the way.
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Video + MP3: Francois Peglau - "We Know We Won't Make It"
In the last year, Peruvian singer-songwriter Francois Peglau has acquired a great amount of international attention, enough to signal him as Peru's most lauded export. Almost every publication out there claims he makes lo-fi indie music, but actually, all of his songs are like quirky slim boleros (at least like those documented on 80's Television). Peglau's methods of composition might not be the most intricate, but they're sharp enough to tell a story. As seen on his new clip "We Know We Won't Make It" (from his album The Imminent Failure of Francois Peglau), Francois has the personality of a well-collected stage comedian; he's so charming I want to hug him. The clip sets up a sort of 2011 Cinderella story (or maybe closer to Betty La Fea), where a girl finds gets to live her fantasy when she breaks 'the fourth wall', finding her freedom, a new look, and the boy of her dreams along the way.
Francois Peglau - "One Minute to Midnight Dream"
Francois Peglau is one of Peru’s MAP (Music Alliance Pact) inductees and has been featured in a bunch of our favorite blogs from South America. He’s been sending us material for quite some time but I guess it got lost in the massive amounts of emails we get from bands. I’m not saying he isn’t memorable; it’s just that I wasn’t totally hooked up on a song to really care to write about him (although his personality is freaking cool). Peglau is from Peru and he was the lead man of Los Fuckin Sombreros, he is now standing alone living in London and writing sing-along love songs. His latest track “One Minute to Midnight Dream (so sad)” is very engaging and yeah, kind of sad (in a very good way). This is actually quite depressing but I guess it makes sense; he grabs my attention/like with a sad song. It’s very Beatlesque and the dusty recording rounds it up nicely.
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