◇ image via WikipediaFrou Frou
Frou Frou is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, Madonna, DJ Encore, Robyn and Bonnie Tyler. Those roots explain a lot about how Frou Frou arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kate Havnevik, Chairlift, Ivy, Everything But the Girl and PJ Harvey, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Boys Like Girls, Diana Vickers, Britney Spears, Sugababes and vierre cloud, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Frou Frou, reaching back through Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks and forward to Boys Like Girls. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Frou Frou are an English electronic duo composed of musician and singer Imogen Heap and record producer Guy Sigsworth. They released their only studio album, Details, in 2002. It yielded their breakout single "Breathe In", which appeared on the UK Singles Chart, and also contained the song "Let Go", which rose to popularity in the United States due to its use in the Grammy Award–winning soundtrack for Zach Braff's 2004 film Garden State. Details was received warmly by critics but sold poorly and, with no plans to release a follow-up record, the duo amicably disbanded. They briefly reunited in 2004 to record the song "Holding Out for a Hero" for the 2004 film Shrek 2's soundtrack.
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Frou Frou connections
Frou Frou grew out of Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, Madonna, DJ Encore and Robyn, shares an orbit with Kate Havnevik, Chairlift, Ivy and Everything But the Girl, went on to shape Boys Like Girls, Diana Vickers, Britney Spears and Sugababes. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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