Now in their seventh year as a band, Angela Heileson (vocals, drums), Rachel Couch (vocals, guitar, synth, bass) and Ivy Merrell (vocals, bass, guitar) are currently collaborating on their third album.  The French Tips dabble with a plethora of influences; post-punk, disco, dance, pop, funk, surf, and doo wop.​ The three met in 2016 when their former bands shared bills in the Boise scene, then decided to learn a few covers for a local benefit show under the name The French Tips.

 

Playing Bush Tetras and Le Tigre covers, they confessed their love for collaborating and began writing the dance bangers that would eventually become their debut record It’s the Tips, an eight song ripper with heavy hooks and fevered dance beats shaped into fourth wave feminist anthems, punk rock bangers and surfy love songs. On January 1, 2021, the Tips went back into the studio to record All The Rage, their second album, again with Zach Von House at Rabbitbrush Studios. All The Rage was released in 2022 and retained the angular tones with dance vibes that originally put them on the local radar, but with deeper existential themes captured through moody instrumentation and layered vocals. ​

 

The band toured twice with Built To Spill, once throughout the midwest in 2022 and Europe in 2023. They have also had the honor of playing with several other legendary bands including Amyl and the Sniffers, Tacocat, The Joy Formidable, Death Valley Girls, De Lux, and Sleater-Kinney.  Album 3 will be released sometime in 2025.