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Phoenix
Mixing flamboyant synth pop melodies with the driving, punk force of a great
garage band, Phoenix reinvented indie rock with their French romanticism and
stylish swagger. Formed when Laurent Brancowitz left an early formation of
electro stars Daft Punk and teamed up with his brother Chris Mazzalai's band,
the four-piece grew out of the Paris suburbs and first came to wider attention
when they became the backing band for label mates Air. Early albums
'Alphabetical' (2004) and 'It's Never Been Like That' (2006) stood out in their
homeland, which was more used to dance and ambient m...
