Why are Justice, Phoenix and Daft Punk so in love with soft rock?

Since Air's Moon Safari, Gallic hipsters have doused themselves liberally in l'eau du fromage. Mais, pourquoi?The trailer for Phoenix's new tour documentary, From A Mess To The Masses, is all cold hard urban underpasses and sweaty stage invasions, painting a rather grittier band than the smooth stylists from Versailles we know. No one's fooled. They're not about austere cityscapes or punk cliche. They're a Gallic Eagles glossing gorgeous melody with an FM rock sheen, and no amount of roughing up...

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