After a short briefing on the steps of the Saint-Etienne Cathedral of Toulouse, the band chose the name Cathedrale. A simplicity that can also be found intheir sound: sharp and abrasive guitars, nervous rhythmand a touch of pop in the vocals.Cathedrale draw their influences mostly from British punk and American power pop, bands such as the Buzzcocks,Wire, Parquet Courts or Protomartyr. To follow up their twoprevious EPs, recorded locally at Swamp Land Studios,the quartet chose to cross the channel to record their thirdalbum in London at Haha Sound Studios. Under thesupervision of producer Syd Kemp, their sound gainedboth in clarity and scale, whithout losing any of theurgency that made their previous recordings so endearing. The 13 tracks of Houses Are Built The Same will undoubtedly confirm Cathedrale as one of the most exciting rock bands in the French indie scene.
