Who? Rock&Roll is comprised of Parisians Gricha Berekachvili on vocals and guitar, Paul Louis Viguier on drums, L.A.M.F. on bass, and Matthias Cadeac d'Arbaud on guitar and backing vocals. They toured the U.S. earlier this fall, and their record Losers, Boozers, Jacuzzi Users is available now digitally.

What's the Deal? Album-opener "Made It to New York" begins with the matter-of-fact declaration, "I gave my soul rock and roll," and the rest of the record fills its twenty minutes with attempts to prove it. From the moody blooze of that track to the beautifully malevolent "Pretty Little Wife" (sample lyric: "I'll steal your wife, I wanna steal your wife… like a thief in the night") to the glitter pop sheen of album-closer "Only Fools Die," one gets the sense that these guys mean it, as if they listened to Springsteen and didn't necessarily understand every word but got the point anyway. It's all about the yells and yowls and sex and sweat, and that's all here in spades.

Fun Fact: Rock'n'roll has always had a good relationship with fashion, from Andy Warhol through the Strokes. Rock&Roll, the band, also has a good relationship with fashion, apparently -- their first EP, 2006's First Class Plane, had a cover designed by Karl Lagerfeld, and the band recently shot photos for Roberto Cavalli's spring-summer 2008 campaign. 

Now Hear This:
Rock&Roll - "First Class Plane" DOWNLOAD MP3

On the Web:
Rock&Roll at MySpace

Talk: Is Rock&Roll here to stay?