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About Me

"Concerning The Number 7 And Your Love"EP OUT NOW

Johnny Penn and Olivier Bonnard met during a detention at Glenlyon Norfolk Prep School when they were 16. Penn was a debater, competing at Oxford, and Bonnard an artist, exhibiting his first round of Oscar-winning oil paintings. After graduation, both said farewell; Penn moving to Montreal to join Tokyo Police Club, Wolf Parade, and Chromeo in the halls of McGill University and Bonnard entering the art circles of Queen West alongside Feist, MSTRKRFT and Broken Social Scene.

In 2007 they met again in a Montreal cafe and talked about making music about the good old days. Two weeks later a parcel arrived from Bonnard containing the wav files for his cover of Feist's 1234. Penn lay vocals on the track and posted it back. Before long their cover leaked and blew up in Montreal, Toronto and on the internet. Then another package arrived. And another.

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Member Since: 25/03/2008
Band Website: Press/Remixes/Advice [email protected]
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Record Label: The India Trading Company
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Pitchfork Reviews BIKINI

New Music: Bikini: "1234" (Feist cover) [MP3/Stream]Just when you thought you never needed to hear "1234" again, here we are: Bikini season. This string- and banjo-decorated song of regret from Feist'...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:55:00 GMT

BIKINI on BBC Radio1 / Buffetlibre's REWIND

Bikini is releasing an original 80s cover on BBC Radio1 as part of Buffetlibre's "Rewind" project. The first section of "Rewind" will air on 30th June in Colin Murray's show. Other artists contributin...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:43:00 GMT

American Apparel picks up bikini on Viva Radio in 160 countries

Thur June 12 - "I Remember Being Young" and "1234" begin rotation on American Apparel's Viva today playing in 160 countries and hundreds of their stores worldwide.
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:07:00 GMT