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French Kicks is tagged as: indie rock, indie, indie pop, new york, post-punk

French Kicks are an indie rock group from New York City, USA. Formed in 1998, their sound is a mix of garage rock, post-punk, and modded pop.
Three of the original four band members, bassist Jamie Krents, vocalist/drummer Nick Stumpf, and vocalist/guitarist Matthew Stinchcomb, are from Washington, D.C. They were heavily influenced by the hardcore scene that flourished during their youth in the D.C. area. They began playing together in a series of bands while in their teens and then all attended Oberlin College in Ohio, where they continued to play together. The three friends then moved to Brooklyn, New York after college, where the French Kicks were formed with vocalist/guitarist Josh Wise, a Princeton grad who originally hailed from Huntsville, Alabama.
In 1999 they released a self titled EP The French Kicks under the label My Pal God. Soon, after a lot of touring, the band signed to Startime International. They soon released the Young Lawyer EP in 2001. The group then embarked on a tour with fellow garage rockers The Vue and The Walkmen. In 2002 they released their first full length album, One Time Bells. Jamie Krents departed the band the next year, and was replaced on bass by Lawrence Stumpf, Nick’s younger brother. In 2004, their next album, The Trial of the Cent...
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Top 10 French Kicks Songs
Abandon
Said So What
So Far We Are
Over The World
Carried Away
Love In The Ruins
Sex Tourists
New Man
One More Time
The Trial Of The Century
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Top 10 French Kicks Albums
Swimming
Two Thousand
The Trial Of The Century
One Time Bells
Covers EP
Young Lawyer
The French Kicks
Close to Modern remixes
Close Too Modern
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