indie pop
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singer from
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Nouvelle Vague as well as being a solo artist.
Biography
Hailing from
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...
, Pain studied political sciences before moving to Paris to work in a web agency, and then a design agency. Not originally intending to be a singer, a demo she had recorded vocals on for a friend accidentally found its way into the hands of Nouvelle Vague. Subsequently, she has toured for five years with the band.
She sings in both
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
and
English
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* English people
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Peoples, culture, and language
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, after years of covering English songs for Nouvelle Vague. Her influences include
The Pixies
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,
Sonic Youth
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,
PJ Harvey
Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments.
Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined loca ...
and
Nick Drake
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.
In April 2009, Pain released her first solo album entitled '' My Name'' featuring artists such as
Julien Doré
Julien Doré (; born 7 July 1982) is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actor.
He is the winner of the fifth season of the television show ''Nouvelle Star'', aired on the French Television M6 channel. He is also the great-great-grandson ...
,
Phoebe Killdeer
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and
Thomas Dybdahl
Thomas Dybdahl (born 12 April 1979) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Background
Thomas Dybdahl grew up in Sandnes, Norway. His musical career started off as the guitarist in the band Quadraphonics. The band released ...
Bye Bye Manchester
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'' (2012)
*''Parachute'' (2016)
With ''Nouvelle Vague''
Singles
* ''
This is Not a Love Song
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The 12" remixed versio ...
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* ''
Teenage Kicks
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