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Angine de Poitrine make their Tonight Show debut – and play a new song to mark the occasion

September 15

Last night (September 14), the polka-dotted duo Angine de Poitrine made their US TV debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – and used the occasion to debut a new song, Zugzegk . Brandishing their new Godin doubl

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