French duo John and Jehn return with the first new material to follow 2008’s critically acclaimed eponymous debut LP.

The duo have been recording in a secluded rural location in South West France soaking up late seventies and early eighties records by the likes of Donna Summer and Robert Palmer.

John and Jehn are set to release the first new tracks from this session, Oh My Love on April 6^th through Faculty Music Media. Oh My Love is an undulating mix of Grace Jones lo-fi obscure and Gaelic warmth, which hints at the wide screen vision of their new material.

Looking For You on the single’s flip-side, is more swift in its delivery with fanatical, drum machine beats, over-driven bass and brooding piano lines rushing to a huge, distorted conclusion.

John and Jehn return to Paris this Spring and will be finishing recording their second album over the summer.

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John and Jehn are a French duo who moved from their hometowns to London at the back end of 2006. It is impossible to talk about them without mentioning that they are a couple and very much in love.

It’s this dynamic that is fundamental to their self-titled debut album, John and Jehn: from the evident passion in the songwriting, performance and delivery, through to the physical presentation of the album being split into two halves – ‘Side John’ and ‘Side Jehn’.

Influenced by Serge Gainsbourg, The Velvet Underground, Gang of Four, Joy Division, and Johnny Cash, John and Jehn’s music is a collection of sonic experiments, carried by dark humour on razor-sharp pop melodies.

The subtle dynamics in their songwriting and the balance between chaos and beauty: the understanding of light and shade ensures the band’s first LP stands out from the crowd; the mastery of heartbreaking melodies juxtaposed with drones and white noise, the sense of space in the mix.

Album opener ‘DOM’ is a beautifully skewed hymn that slowly builds around duel vocals, staccato keys and xylophone to create an uneasy calm. The sense of calm is quickly banished by the drone-heavy ‘Fear, fear, fear’ and the frantic Beatles-meets- Gainsbourg pop of future single ’20L07′.

As a live duo, they make the perfect onstage mix – John is all brooding, chiseled cheek bones, Elvis moves and cold blooded stares, whilst Jehn is his polar opposite and perfect foil: a beguiling mix of clumsy energy and incredible beauty.

Live, John and Jehn are equal parts charm and menace: As demonstrated by their recent tour support of British Sea Power, the intense and intoxicating live show they have honed over the last year takes on an even grander and imperious form, the bigger the stage the band play on.

Download:
John & Jehn – Looking For You (Dil Dancehall rmx)

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John & Jehn – Looking For You (LD Dubstep rmx) 

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Looking For You (Mighty Mouse rmx)