Juveniles‘ first single “We Are Young” will be out next week on october 24th on Kitsuné and also be availabe on our new compilation Kitsuné Maison 12 “The Good Fun Issue” out on November 14th (pre-order the compilation on iTunes Europe and US).

Only a few days before the single’s release, meet the band through an interview and an exclusive playlist.

First of all, could you tell us a bit about the story behind the band ?
To be honest everything happened very fast, Pierre and Jean Sylvain were living in the same flat when they started playing together. We had barely started recording a few songs and finding a name for the band – actually that part was hard- and we already had great feedbacks from people around us. Like The Popopopops, or the Yelle crew who helped us a lot and still does.

How would you describe your band and music in a few words ?
Naive Synthpop ?

What’s the best thing about having a single released on Kitsuné ?
The media exposure which is crazy, and the relationships it has created with other artists.
For the We Are Young EP we had to get in touch with a lot of people to ask them if they were interested in remixing the track, and we often had good feedbacks. By the way thanks a lot to those who did the remixes and are on the EP with us, we’re really proud.
Oh and the artwork too, we just love it.

What would be your dream place for a concert ?
South America, Jean Sylvain has Chilean origins and some of his family is there.

What’s the funniest thing that happened to you on the road?
To tell the truth we haven’t taken the road a lot, we’ve just started touring together ! We’ll talk about that later, after supporting Yelle in Paris, I think it’s their last gig of 2011 it will be fun.

What are your plans for the coming months?
Getting back in the studio to record new stuff, finish our video for “We Are Young” and have fun on the next shows with our fantastic team.

Tracklisting :
Wu Lyf – Cave Song
The Maccabees – No Kind Words
Detachments – Holiday Romance
Thieves Like Us – Shyness
Neon Indian – Polish Girl
Holy Ghost! – Do It Again
Cut Copy – Take Me Over
The Cure – The Walk
Paradis – La ballade de Jim
Sébastien Tellier – L’amour et la Violence

photo courtesy of Sannah Kvist