BandàBordel “Convoi Exceptionnel” Release Tour

Our resident supergroup BandàBordel is finally releasing an EP: Convoi Exceptionnel roughly translates to “Wide Load” — an aptly named title for an 8 person international supergroup consisting of 4 French and 4 Americans whom the majority have toured together every year for 7 years now.

After all these years on the road together, they’ve come up with a few original songs, and are finally releasing an EP with 3 originals and one cover.  Embodying the joyful/playful spirit of the two groups: all the songs are high energy French/English folk-punk and a unique mix of the two cultures and bands that make up this project!

A little about the songs on the EP: “Le Poulpe” (or “The Octopus” in English) is about a prank game the two bands play where they smack their hands over each other’s faces at inappropriate times and shout “Le Poulpe!”,  “Manolo” is the true story of a French gypsy king who had a hard life: he was arrested and cheated on by his wife, and then killed by his men accidentally when he escapes prison. “Je Chante” is the anthem of the two bands — a song about the experiences touring together (half in french and half in english).  The ending track is a cover giving a fresh interpretation of the french nursery rhyme song “Jean Petit.”

The album title “Convoi Exceptionnel” is french for the English term “Wide Load” — the bands both latched onto this term during the 2017 European tour together and thought it personified the “wide” touring caravan of the multiple-band package; not to mention the shenanigans on the road.

“Convoi Exceptionnel” will be released digitally and physically on 12/22 from Mannequin Vanity Records. Mannequin Vanity will be pressing a limited # of CD’s and selling at all the shows on the Album Release Tour this December/January.