Caravan Palace in Toronto & Montreal

FADED4U October 09, 2024

Caravan Palace in Toronto & Montreal

After releasing their album Gangbusters Melody Club (Le Plan Recordings), the Parisian trio Caravan Palace announced their 24-date North American tour supporting the album. Live, the band expands to a 6-piece performance force, with dates starting on March 14th in Mexico City, going through the West Coast, Texas, East Coast, and ending on April 17th in Miami, Florida, with a stop in Toronto on April 7th and Montreal April 8th.

The platinum-selling group, initially formed to score a vintage silent erotic film for French TV, now delivered a layered album; on the surface, it is a sample-centric, frisky disco tune about the joys of dancing, but dig deeper into its hypnotic mix of soul, swing, freaky funk, & French Touch, and you'll find a complex, yet inspiring, narrative about jealousy, self-acceptance, and confidence. The title Gangbusters Melody Club refers both to a radio broadcast that began in the 1930s and the outdated expression it inspired to imply that something is exciting – going gangbusters. “It’s funny and vintage, which sums us up,” says Charles. “Plus, we love the word Club in that context - it evokes a secret society.”

Throughout their career, Caravan Palace consistently defies musical conventions and genres, forging their unclassifiable, hybrid pop signature sound. Embraced by multiple communities (dancers, gymnasts, gamers, video animators...) who adopt their tracks and turn them into viral hits, the group has achieved enormous success, accumulating several billion streams across all platforms as well as an RIAA Platinum Certified Single with “Lone Digger". Their idiosyncratic soundscapes achieve the rare feat of being both unique and commercial.