Diving with Andy

by Olivier Duboc
Diving With Andy was a French Indie-Pop trio formed in the early 00s in Paris around Juliette Paquereau (vocals), Julien Perreaudeau (guitars, bass, drums, keyboards) and Rémy Galichet (piano, guitars) and sharing its time between France and England. After a first exposure in Les Inrockuptibles magazine's 2003 newcomer contest, the band went to Bruxelles, Belgium to record a first self-titled LP in 2004. Though not reaching commercial success, the album was warmly received on the critics side, those appreciating Diving With Andy's assimilation of their Brit-Pop and melancholic Smiths-derived influences, served by Juliette Paquereau's beautiful voice (from which was absent the typical French accent that somehow threatens many formations lyrical credibility) and the remaining duo's musical craftsmanship.