Mélanie Pain

Mélanie Pain is a French indie pop singer from Caen. She performs with the band Nouvelle Vague as well as being a solo artist.^[1]

Mélanie Pain
Pain in Oslo, Norway in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Mélanie Pain
Origin	Caen, France
Genres	New wave
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriterne
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2004-present
Labels	101 Distribution Love
Website	www.melaniepain.com

Biography

Hailing from Aix-en-Provence, Pain studied political sciences before moving to Paris to work in a web agency, and then a design agency. Not originally intending to be a singer, a demo she had recorded vocals on for a friend accidentally found its way into the hands of Nouvelle Vague. Subsequently, she has toured for five years with the band.^[2]

She sings in both French and English, after years of covering English songs for Nouvelle Vague.^[3] Her influences include The Pixies, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey and Nick Drake.

In April 2009, Pain released her first solo album entitled My Name featuring artists such as Julien Doré, Phoebe Killdeer and Thomas Dybdahl.

Discography

• My Name (2009)
• Bye Bye Manchester (2012)
• Parachute (2016)

With Nouvelle Vague

Singles

• This is Not a Love Song
• Teenage Kicks

Albums

• Bande à Part