Here are several facts about French duo The Penelopes:
- From the band name you might imagine The Penelopes are a troupe of girls. Nope. They are two boys called Axel Basquiat and Vincent T.
- They used to live in Paris but have recently relocated to London, which makes sense because they love English bands from the 80s and 90s (think New Order, Slowdive, Cocteau Twins).
- They're not afraid to wear white in dusty environments. #boldmove
- They write synth-boppy, psych-poppy indie and Axel doesn't even try to disguise his French-accented singing voice, a move which we applaud.
- They wrote a couple songs for a recent film, Misunderstood, by actress and filmmaker Asia Argento which features Charlotte Gainsbourg.
- They love to get their remix on and have recently been diddling everyone from Lana to Bowie to Alt-J.
Kim Taylor Bennett has a fine collection of high waisted pants which she will wear to the office every day of this week. She's on Twitter.