Huge Tip! *White vinyl with obi strip* Twenty years into their singular journey, Valence-based trio France have become one of Europe's most hypnotic live forces - a hurdy-gurdy-powered engine generating waves of kraut, psych, folk and drone that blur the boundaries between physical experience and altered consciousness.

Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts captures the band in full flight during their very first English tour, recorded at The state51 Factory in East London. Until this tour, UK audiences had only witnessed France once before, at Liverpool Psych Fest some years back. This album documents what they've been missing. For this performance, the lineup featured Jérémie Sauvage on bass, Yann Gourdon on electrified hurdy-gurdy, and Cyril Bondi (La Tène, Cyril Cyril) stepping in on drums while longtime member Mathieu Tilly took a well-earned break.

The album plunges deep into the recesses of the human psyche, accompanied by Hugo Hyart's enveloping cosmic artwork and an unabashed nod to the Parliafunkadelicment state of mind: unity through movement, creativity as resistance, open minds despite life's turbulence. A dedication to the feeling of good - and baby, they're good at being good.

Recorded by Hot Chip's in-house engineer James Crump and mixed at the band's East London studio. Mastered by Richy Hughes at Binary Feedback.

"France absolutely engage the body... but the spectacle is one for your mind, especially as you start to wonder how much of what you're hearing is really there." - The Quietus