Rock

Signed to Paris’ Kill the DJ label, Battant are a class above most other bands of their ilk. Look to lead singer Chloe Raunet for the reason why; her jeans, plain white T-shirt and cropped, androgynous hair trying and failing–like Hilary Swank in Boys Don’t Cry. Like an analogue Ladytron or a Long Blondes who are more concerned with the music than their clothes, the London-based trio combine austere electronica with ragged guitars to create an archetypal Optimo live experience. Raunet herself sings like Ari Up, dipping in and out of an overdramatic baritone, giving songs like “Radio Rod” and “Kevin 1989” a mix of youthful vigor and period grime.

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