Since Once (Talitres, 2021), the French-Australian duo have cultivated a refined, sunlit, timeless style of their own. Please, Wait…, recorded with musicians from the Nancy Opera and Conservatory, established them in 2024 as major pop songwriters. On stage, whether performing as a quintet or in a stripped-down format, Maxwell Farrington’s wit and the band’s elegance continue to win over longtime listeners and newcomers alike.

Support has also come from figures who know the territory well: Iggy Pop on BBC 6 Music, and Paul Weller, both on his European tours and later when he invited Christophe Vaillant to Abbey Road Studios during the recording of 66.

It was only natural, then, that the duo should turn to England for this new record. Window Tax was recorded in Margate with Mike Lindsay, co-founder of Tunng and recipient of the Mercury Prize in 2009 for his production work on Speech Debelle’s Speech Therapy.