French post-punk duo Varsovie, formed in 2005 by Arnault Destal and Grégory Catherina, released the official music video for “Treize Collines” (Thirteen Hills), their first single from the forthcoming sixth album “Notes pour plus tard” arriving October 16, 2026 via Icy Cold Records. The track’s title references one of Paris’s ancient epithets while obliquely addressing the November 2015 terrorist attacks through layered lyrical imagery and collective trauma. Musically, the band delivers their characteristic dark post-punk approach: tight, hard-hitting drums propel anxious basslines at urgent tempo, complemented by serrated guitar riffs and discordant textures supporting spoken vocals that transition into anguished wails amid chaotic emotional surges. Greek visual artist Sotiris Lamprou crafted the accompanying video, featuring Varsovie performing beneath thick fog and enveloping darkness, interspersed with rapid cuts of tree-lined grey skies strobing in synchronization with the song’s intensity.
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