Axel/The Penelopes

Musician, singer and composer

Self-exiled in London for several years now, French electro duo ThePenelopes has developed, album by album, one of the most sensitive indie pop sounds of our times, associating new-wave influences and radical soundscapes. Off the back of their recent and fruitful collaboration with Isabelle Adjani, the group, which has also composed several movie scores lately, was about to launch a series of duos with actresses just before lockdown, and embark on an international tour lined up to support the release of several singles. The pandemic cut all that short. In this episode, Axel, the group’s singer and composer, offers his take on current events—at once removed, resigned and angry. The confidences of a French exile in post- Brexit, ultraliberal, perfidious Albion.