Ooo la la!

Syd Matters is French. Really. Notwithstanding that he sounds like he's busking on a street corner somewhere to be able to afford a ticket to see Calexico at Emo's in Austin. But look at him and you can see the Frenchness just kind of seething off of him, can't you?And he's actually not one guy, but a whole band of Frenchmen, who have approximated an amazingly relaxed and gentle luminescence just right for the soundtrack of the O.C.

Black and White Eyes

American Girls live (Listen to everyone sing along)

Syd Matters MySpace

And website

YouTube videos

Buy Syd Matters at Amazon