FRENCH MIAMI

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Member Since: 1/17/2006
Band Members: Roland, Jay, Chris
Influences: Movies about champions and muscle cars.

Sounds Like: "Having the traditional two arms doesn't restrict French Miami from showing off by pounding their heaving math-rock intricacy through two instruments at once. Each. Inevitably, the local musos cream themselves at such a sight, but this trio have the ability to get you throwing plenty of irregular shapes on the dancefloor too." - NME - UK

"Three-piece S.F. band French Miami would have fit nicely on the Lost in Translation soundtrack. Their sound is a mash-up of tasty bits of Arcade Fire, Pavement stutter rock, '70s synth chords, New Romantic deadpan singing. But they are their own band--and a damn exciting one at that." - Monterey Weekly

"Ummmmm.....holy shit. Holy, holy shit. That is pretty much, with all the eloquence I own mustered, the only way I know how to describe French Miami. Words don't really do justice to what this trio brings to the table, and upon hearing and seeing this band for the first time I really don't know what else to say but, well, holy shit." - Wiretapmusic.com

"French Miami manage to combine the anthemic, sweaty-basement-party spirit of Japanther with the speed and prowess of a math rock band (think finger tapping) and the harmonized guitars of the Fucking Champs." - SF Guardian

"Watching them, you could plainly see that singer Jason Heiselmann was feeling his band’s music. At one point when he wasn’t playing his guitar or his keyboards he was doing a dance that looked like he was bent over double, maybe in pain, and the look on his face was totally hurts so good. It’s perhaps trite to say of a three-piece band, but French Miami make an awfully big noise for only three dudes." - Wiretap

"Consisting of Roland Curtis, Jay Heiselmann, and Chris Crawford, the San Francisco band has been together for just over a year and show just how much energy and inventiveness can be packed into a 3-piece format. The band were very cohesive, with an extremely tense, edgy sound, split-second timing, a rock solid rhythm and some very original guitar playing. The vocals reminded me of Toronto’s Constantines, as did the whole “take-no-prisoners” approach to their performance. I got to thinking as I watched them that if the two bands ever performed together on the same bill, it would be an outstanding show. Still, putting idle fantasies aside, that particular night French Miami were like the cherry on the top of the cake of a varied and entertaining bill of entertainment." -W.S. McCallum
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