Kevin Bronson on December 30th, 2014

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The first song from Le Noire is true to the band’s name, dark and pulsing, a heady throwback to the days of “alternative” rock that recalls a less fuzzed-out Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (or the recent work of Dexy Valentine’s side project Bonfire Beach). At the front of the L.A.-based quartet is Dominican songstress Sohanny Rose, who co-wrote the single “Fire” with drummer Nate Lotz and recorded it with guitarist Aaron Andersen, bassist Omar Ahmed and producer Eli Thomson (Everest, Delta Spirit, Richard Swift and Ivan & Alyosha) at New Monkey Studios in Van Nuys. It’s a far cry from Rose’s roots as a Latin pop singer (as a young Sohanny Gross, she performed in the last incarnation of Miami Sound Machine), but in Le Noire it’s about rock ’n’ roll, a little bit dirty and psychedelic, and very sultry. Le Noire’s debut EP is in the works. Meanwhile, the video for “Fire,” the directorial debut of Brian Harrison, has already garnered a handful of honors. It’s all about what the eye perceives and what the mind interprets.

||| Stream: “Fire”

||| Also: Watch the video for “Fire” below: