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Photo by Nicola Bee Frenchy and the Punk, the post-punk cabaret project of Samantha Stephenson and Scott Helland (Deep Wound and Guitarmy of One) have a new single out, and it's something truly special. "Like In a Dream" will keep the Siouxsie and the Banshees meets Concrete Blonde comparisons going, but the song does reach out past that. The song has a more organic feel to it. Not quite to the point that we're referring to it as Americana, but still a little more organic. Despite it being a fairly calm song, there is still a punk edge throughout. And then there's Stephenson's vocals, which are just stunning in "Like In a Dream." If gothic post-punk cabaret sounds like your sort of thing, you probably already know Frenchy and the Punk. If you're just discovering them now, welcome aboard! Samantha Stephenson says of the band's latest single: “’Like In A Dream’ was one of the songs we came up with in Paris. I often write lyrics in a stream of c...

Photo by Nicola Bee Frenchy and the Punk is the current musical project of Samantha Stephenson and Scott Helland (Deep Wound, Guitarmy of One). The duo get compared to Siouxsie and the Banshees quite a bit, but that's mostly due to Stephenson's vocals. Their latest single, "Hypnotized," is based in post-punk, but it's a little more straight up rock than a lot of post-punk. This is a song that will instantly mesmerize you as soon as the guitar kicks in, and Stephenson's vocals will refuse to let you go. As dark and goth as a song like "Hypnotize" is, it's also refreshingly upbeat. Once you get past the comparisons, there's a lot to like about any Frenchy and the Punk release. Scott Helland says of his band's new song: "The song sprung from the opening grungy bass line that I played with an electro-acoustic hybrid guitar through octave and distortion pedals. The groove pulses beneath Samantha’s soaring vocals and lets up occasionally t...