Art Brut Vinyl Records
Named after French painter Jean Dubuffet's definition of outsider art -- art by prisoners, loners, the mentally ill, and other marginalized people, and made without thought to imitation or presentation -- Art Brut make brilliantly simple, cleverly stupid art-punk. Upon their arrival in the early 2000s, Art Brut were tagged by NME as part of the "Art Wave" scene that also included and , but they stood out from their contemporaries thanks to frontman Eddie Argos' enthusiastic spoken-sung vocals and witty insights on pop music, pop culture, and relationships. On rawer albums like 2005's debut Bang Bang Rock & Roll, as well as more polished ones such as 2011's Brilliant! Tragic! and 2018's Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!, Argos' one-of-a-kind viewpoint was the heart and soul of Art Brut's music.