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Metz

A Promise I Made

Everybody Wants to Have a Good Life

A Million Stars

Human

Human

Never See Me Down

Biography

-bESS- is a Brit pop inspired French band that came to life in 2011 Rocked by The Divine Comedy and Radiohead. Their first album: « Everybody Wants to Have a Good Life », a lyric, melodic and rock inspired incantation to life, was released in 2014. Elle magazine praised its « haunting melodies » and Rock One Magazine placed them among the 50 future best rock bands. They started playing in notorious French Festivals like Musilac, Beauregard and the Déférlantes sharing the stage with The Pixies, London Grammar or Damon Albarn… They started recording their second album « Human »(2016): eight songs where the good and the ugly of this world strangely live side by side. André Margail joined the band to bring his aerial and rock touch. This Famous French guitarist toured all around the world with acclaimed bands or singers such as Niagara, Jane Birkin, Jacques Higelin, or Mark Knopfler. -bESS- ended this tour by opening for Supertramp. They gathered 20000 fans on their social networks and Rolling Stone Mag said it was «  An atmospheric gem from a future pop icon » . Living in France but of British origin, It’s Shakespeare meeting Molière in the writing of METZ named after the singer’s birth town. Discover their new title, Never See Me Down. Embark on a musical journey that blends the timeless melodies of the Beatles with the innovative spirit of David Bowie. The singular music of -bESS- illuminates us in a constellation of emotions..