Eclectic and soulful with an increasingly quirky rawness, Margaux's Little Ploy is an experiment in both simplicity and strangeness: a plot to dress heavy, jazz-roots, gut-wrenchingly good music in lightweight pop's clothing to feed to the ever devouring masses.

Bandleader and Seattle native Margaux LeSourd released her solo debut EP, "Strange & Beautiful", in February of this year. This debut EP is the first half of a two-part EP series, the sequel projected to be released in 2012 under the new band name. "The series is a collection of songs I wrote between my late college years and the fall of 2010", states LeSourd. "Even though they're two very different EPs, I cant think of them separately. Together, they capture a definitive era of my life thats made me who I am." Strange & Beautiful smacks of LeSourds jazz influence, but spans a range of sounds, from the latin and disco flavored opening track, Disco Brazil, to Going Home, a soulful folk-gospel dedication to her late grandfather.

A former Richmond resident of seven years, LeSourd fronted both powerhouse jazz/funk collective Bungalo 6 and funk/soul jam-band Beast Wellington. In April of 2010 she left the Beast and decided to devote herself completely to her original music. She relocated back to her hometown of Seattle in August of 2010 to be closer to her family and redirect her energies toward writing and recording. LeSourd maintained a long-distance relationship with her
Richmond-based backing band (Derrick Englert - bass, Devonne Harris - drums, and Chris Ryan
- guitar), and the band laid down their initial tracks for the EP while she was still in Seattle.