Born from the ashes of the quartet Rotters Damn, the duo Ferdinant (who play as three) burns with a fierce, contagious fire. Mixing personal soul-searching with a hard look at society, Ferdinant say no to the cynicism and individualism around them and hold on tight to hope for better days. With the rock lyricism of Noir Désir and the electro-pop dandyism of Feu! Chatterton, the pair’s live show lives up to their first album, released in 2024: powerful.
Formerly of Rotters Damn (a leading band in southern Mayenne for seven years, whose folk-rock was all raw gold and wide-open spaces), Timothée Gigan Sanchez and Corentin Giret now play as a duo and sing in French. Timothée’s sharp, sensitive lyrics (looking at society as much as private life, at childhood as much as politics) and his powerful vibrato come with a fine rock lyricism, a raw flame somewhere between the fire of Noir Désir and Feu! Chatterton. Which says a lot about this Mayenne duo, who can also give you real shivers on stage.
