Formed from the ashes of teen punk outfit Zero de Conduite, French rock six-piece
Blankass return after a seven-year absence with their fifth studio album,
Les Chevals. Produced by
Mark Plati (
Alain Bashung,
Charlie Winston), their first release since leaving Warner for indie label At (H)ome sees the Ledoux brothers pursue a
Depeche Mode-esque electro-rock direction on ten nostalgic tracks including lead single "Rendez-Vous," the English-sung "King of the World," and the Winston Churchill-sampling closer "Exil." ~ Jon O'Brien