Thermoboy est un power-trio aux influences revendiquées : étrangement excités par le soleil brûlant et l'absence de buildings, des débris de Pixies, Sonic Youth et de quelques avatars grunge entrent en collision avec ce qu'il reste des Beatles, mêlant le sucre de la pop, le gout âcre du punk et la saveur jouissive du bruit blanc. Thermoboy n'a pas inventé la poudre, mais sait s'en servir avec brio et énergie. Après avoir choisi quelques scènes de renom en 2006 (Rock Sessions du Kabardock, Grand Boucan, World Cup de Surf de Saint-Leu), le groupe entame une année de développement avec en point d'orgue les premières parties de Burning Heads et de Therapy?. "Son Of A Broken Home", un E.P. de 4 titres autoproduits, est offert en téléchargement gratuit depuis le 20 décembre 2008. Plus d'infos sur : www.thermoboy.com
Stuck on his native Reunion Island (Indian Ocean), Fred Banor a.k.a. Thermoboy never walked down the "world music" path as his dad once predicted. Raised to the sounds of U2, The Cure and mainstream 80's pop music, his musical tastes sharpened through the years and started pointing to bands like The Smiths, Prefab Sprout, Joy division and R.E.M. Back in 1990, His first band, Peanuts, became quickly reminescent of various international acts that had somehow managed to reach the emptiness of Indian Ocean : Pixies, Nirvana and P.J. Harvey started influencing his songwriting, constantly developing and reaching maturity while discovering lo-fi acts like Sebadoh, Pavement and Pedro The Lion. Years after its demise, Peanuts morphed into Thermoboy, claiming its right to a "line-up libre". Thermoboy 's music is still played in trio : Olivier, Fred's very own brother, stands behind the drumkit and joins forces with bassist Keng Sam, and a random analogic synthetizer which was stolen to The Rentals. Thermoboy are actually focusing on songwirting, and have released the "Son Of A Broken Home E.P." as a free download on their website on Dec. 20th 2008.
Official website : www.thermoboy.com
