Featured Artist of January 1, 2025
with the song: "Idle Hands"


Artist's Biography

LE BRUIT: Contemporary "Rock Atmospherique" with a Striking Edge

LE BRUIT, French for “the noise,” is a band that captures the raw beauty of duality. Fronted by songwriters Tom Allen and Johanna Serville, their male and female voices weave haunting harmonies over baritone guitar, driven by Morgan Arnault’s dreamy, atmospheric drums.

'For fans of Interpol Mogwai & the National' LE BRUIT blends the poetic intensity of Leonard Cohen, PJ Harvey, and Nick Cave with the sonic landscapes of shoegaze, post-rock, and stoner rock to create their sound: Rock Atmospherique. - dark, textured, and unforgettable.

The band’s beginnings are as compelling as their sound. Tom and Johanna met at a concert in a Lyon squat, they shared blue Stratocaster and a magnetic connection which sparked what would become LE BRUIT. Morgan competed the line up which is set to tour in 2025, in support of the EP. Tom, the left-handed Englishman from Sheffield who plays his guitar magnificently backwards, has received the realist poetry of Cohen and Dylan as part of his heritage, without betraying his favourite 90s Brit rock anthems. At university, he is a DJ at Sheffield's famous Leadmill, where he churned out rock, R&B and disco hits like no other. His post rock band Corleone attracted attention and filled the local clubs. Legend has it that the future 65 Days of Static and Arctic Monkeys were devouring them with their eyes! The Corleone adventure came to an abrupt end, despite a tour with Explosion in the Sky and support slots for The Libertines...‘Have van, will travel’ Tom left everything behind and headed east, where his destiny awaited him. ‘With the low winter sun behind, my shadow leads east...’ Johanna grew up in the macho, delinquent environment of Avignon's estates, learning to speak very badly and to smoke at the age of 12. She stole her imprisoned older brother's vinyl records and got her first shock: Janis Joplin. When she discovered PJ Harvey and Nirvana, she took up the guitar to shout over chords. She met a bunch of very talented and well-behaved musicians at a music school in the south of France, who, as well as channelling her dirty mouth, inspired her to write her own songs. She came back from London after 5 years, heartbroken, and wrote the album Storm for her duo Jesus is my girlfriend. The duo received interest from a number of SMACs, webzines and local radio stations, but none of this was enough to fill the fridge. Small jobs and dashed hopes eventually got the better of them. After a rather disastrous trial period as an administrative executive, she rediscovered her raison d'être and the desire to perform. She joined her old friend Ritchie Buzz (Les Sheriff) in TheDustburds for the shows, and co-wrote several tracks on their forthcoming album (use your vacation vol.2).One house in the forest and a little girl later, Le Bruit is alive!

Cradled by both the Britpop wave of the 90s and the emergence of the grunge sound of the same period, Morgan joined the bands Semtazone and then Gran Kino, who between them released 4 albums and toured for over 15 years in France, then Europe and beyond. He then moved on to the inspired, eclectic atmospheric rock of Le Bruit.

“Idle Hands” is a song about setting out with the sun behind you and the shadow of who you are leading the way. Leaving behind and losing more than you’ll ever have to find more than you’ll ever need.

Danielle Perry made it her ‘self released song of the month’ on Absolute Radio in the UK November 2024, which prompted the band to release it to steaming platforms the day before the first play. She says “really, really loves it” and will be playing the song all month. “There’s mystique about this… it’s brand new. Beautiful songwriting and atmosphere.”

LE BRUIT have recorded their first EP with Jean Lamoot (Bashung, Noir Désir...) Mako Blais (Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin …) and Charles Rowel (Crocodiles).

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