The Politics really capitalized on their visit at the Trans Musicales de Rennes-festival last weekend. After the entire festival two out of a total of six music journalists at the web edition of Ouest France, by far the biggest newspaper in France – in terms of circulation, had the band on the top spot on their lists of best gigs at the entire festival while two others had them in their top 4! The concert was incidentally the band’s first gig ever abroad – what a debut!
But how did The Politics end up in Rennes in the first place? Well, they were discovered by Jean-Louis Brossard, the boss of the Rennes festival, when he was visiting the SPOT Festival this summer – where the band played as part of The Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s “Career Canon”. However, back then the politicians were known as Rubberhead Bandits.

Check out the Ouest France lists here here.
Click here to watch the entire concert produced by French/German TV station ARTE (with a truly unambiguous audience response)