When Maarten was born in Rouen at the end of the 1990's influenced by English and American music, the band decided to play a different kind of pop, combining classical rock elements and brass instruments as well as strings. The band released its first EP our most beautiful days in 1999 and the feedback from the french musical press was very good (Les Inrockuptibles, Magic,...). In 2005, Maarten released its first LP pictures of a Danish girl and featured on several compilations (Les Inrockuptibles, Popnews, ...). Pictures of a Danish girl is a collection of delicate, melancholy pop songs with subtle arrangements. My Favorite Sheriff is a feat in Pop, an album of cradled rock, journeying through tales of light and shadow. A remarkable piece of work, a must for its count in hit singles.