Thee Sinseers

Presented by Le New MorningNew album 'Love Story' Colemine Records'Nine Californian musicians whose music is instantly addictive'Aline Afanoukoé.

' Guillaume Schnee, FIPTo say that Thee Sinseers play 'oldies' music would already be an oversimplification of what they do.

Led by Joey Quiñones, a child of East Los Angeles and the band's central figure, Thee Sinseers have been shaping a sound since 2019 that draws on R&B and soul while breaking free of the genre's fixed conventions.

Alongside his musicians, Quiñones builds a singular aesthetic, fed by a deeply modern vision of timeless music.

As their new album Love Stories, out on Colemine Records, approaches release, one thing is immediately clear: this record doesn't tell a simple, neatly wrapped-up love story.

It isn't interested in the happy ending, but in everything that precedes it, follows it, or slips away from it.

For this album, the band chose a more organic instrumentation: double bass, guitars plugged into amps to recapture that warmth typical of the sixties… Inspiration springs from everywhere, sometimes even from the most unexpected places.

It's precisely this borderless approach that, according to Quiñones, best defines the record: 'At no point did we feel like we were making soul music. ' With Love Stories, Thee Sinseers set out to capture something more honest than a simple collection of beautiful moments.

The album explores both the highs and the cracks of romantic relationships, while also opening up to family ties, complicated or unresolved. The band members' parents even appear on the record's artwork, incl