Earlier this year in Paris while supporting The 1975 on their European tour, The Japanese House’s Amber Bain kindly agreed to take some behind-the-scenes Instax photos for this Coup De Main photo-diary...

There’s not many people on this earth as pleasant as Tom Odell. We encountered him on a very early morning, a morning that had already started at 3am for him - when a fire alarm went off in his hotel room, leading to an emergency evacuation of the room.

Despite this, plus the added jet-lag, Odell was enthusiastic, and put careful consideration into every answer he gave us - as we chatted about humanity, and how the ‘Wrong Crowd’ is a universal ideal relating to fitting in and growing up.

Even via e-mail, one-half of Tegan and Sara are as amiable as ever - with Tegan Quin telling us openly about the duo’s latest album, ‘Love You To Death’, sharing her thoughts on love - “The better the love, the more capable of stretching and growing you are.”

The album is a slice of 2016’s best pop music - a natural progression from ‘Heartthrob’, with songs like ‘Boyfriend’ and ‘Dying To Know’ both being danceable yet meaningful at the same time.

It’s no secret that we at Coup De Main have been 100% obsessed with the designs of Samantha Pleet for a little while now - every collection she puts out is whimsical and magical, with the clothes lovingly designed to make you feel just that.

Pleet has been running her own designer label for over 10 years now, working with her partner Patrick to cultivate an entirely unique brand - of clothes that have been worn by the likes of Jenny Lewis, Lorde, and many more faves.

Having entered their third decade as a band, you could forgive Jimmy Eat World if they were a little bit tired of making music together, but guitarist Tom Linton has let us know that it’s actually quite the opposite. The four-piece from Arizona took the longest break of their careers (a grand total of six months off) before coming back to create ‘Integrity Blues’, their ninth album, and in doing so discovered it’s a lot harder not being together.

Earlier this year in London, Coup De Main caught up with Allie X to discuss 'CollXtion II', #Xpression, and the importance of women supporting other women in the music industry...

"...I refuse to stop evolving no matter how painful it is..."

CDM: How long have you been here for?
ALLIE X: In London? I arrived last Thursday. It’s long enough that I should’ve adjusted to the time difference, but I still haven’t. <laughs>

Elohim is an entity of great mystery. Based in Los Angeles, she obscures her voice and sometimes her face to protect herself and her identity, using an English-accented automated voice to read her answers in interviews, and a tiger-face mask in many photoshoots. If this sounds somewhat gimmicky, the answer as to why Elohim employs these measures comes in her lyrics.