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The tale of New York electro-rock outfit Heloise & the Savoir Faire reads like an especially juicy gossip item, involving luminaries from the worlds of fine art, film, television, underground music and even music veterans. This all makes perfect sense once you've become acquainted with the charismatic pop polymath that is lead-singer Heloise Williams.

And who wouldn't want to become familiar with them after hearing the band's jubilant debut, Trash, Rats And Microphones? The album was self-produced and engineered by Andrew Schneider at Translator Studio in Brooklyn, New York; and the result became these twelve originals that marry New Wave rock, disco rhythms, and effervescent synth-pop to Heloise's succinct, years of warbling Mingus, Monk, and Sun Ra - and trying to carve out her own niche in such a big ensemble - she resigned. It was then that the seeds of Heloise & the Savoir Faire were planted.

Craving fresh outlets for her creativity, as well as cultural stimulation, Heloise set out for New York City. By chance, she wound up with writer and artist Danny Moynihan (author of the art world send-up Boogie Woogie) as her landlord. With her degree in English and Studio Art, the two clicked. "Every time we had a conversation and I said, 'I want to be your assistant, he'd reply, 'You should concentrate on music'," Heloise recalls.

And concentrate she did. As she chomped at the bit to play live, Heloise decided her new act required another element. In Vermont, she had befriended dancers Joe Shepard and Sara Sweet Rabidoux. Joe and Heloise once made a series of comic videos, about a troupe of hopeless amateurs, determined to make it in New York. "We would just film ourselves doing improvised dance." Whenever anything went awry - which was often - the stars would simply shake it off and cry "savoir faire." Viola! The fleet-footed Savoir Faire Dancers were born.

New York, London, Los Angeles... Heloise & the Savoir Faire continue making new friends and fans wherever they go. Why? Because the songs of Trash, Rats And Microphones, and the band's shows, are tailored to electrify a wide variety of patrons.

Heloise & the Savoir Faire look like a million bucks, and have boundless fun on stage. "But not we're super-super cool or pretentious jerks." The ice queen drill team routine on "Members Only," or the raunchy office politics of "Givin' U the Bizness"? Those are just poses. Don't take them too seriously.

"I'm writing with a sense of, 'Let's have a good time,'" concludes Heloise. "We're poking fun at everyone, and everyone can point fun at us. Everyone is in on the joke."

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New UK tour dates! Jun 23

Check out the new UK tour dates from Heloise and the Savoir Faire!

Thurday, July 10
Wonky Pop @ Cargo
London UK

Friday, July 11
Popstarz @ SIN
London UK

Tuesday, July 15
Dublin Castle
London UK

Friday, July 18
Lattitude Festival
Suffolk U...

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