{Nouvelle Vague plays at the King Cat Theater on Thursday, February 4 with Backnbloom; all ages.}

Playing other people’s music is always a risky venture, to be sure. You’re playing music that is (usually) familiar but the comparison to the original composition is always there and can often be unfavorable. With French band Nouvelle Vague, they rearrange songs from punk, post-punk and new wave eras to often bossa nova pop to the point where only the lyrics remain recognizable. Not coincidentally, “Nouvelle Vague” translates from French to English as “new wave” and to Portuguese as “bossa nova”.

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