I was turned on to these guys a while ago, but I live in the underground so I hope by now you’re all savvy with these guys. They began their career like most comedians, doing the stand-up routines, (the comedy hard-knocks), then found themselves with a BBC Radio gig, and eventually wound up with an HBO special. The HBO show is really a damn funny one in all regards, and I recommend you look it up.
What it amounts to is two guys who have no idea what love means, spending all their days being infatuated with someone or other, making every sort of faux pas you can imagine. Oh, and also it’s a folk musical. Without that last part it wouldn’t amount to much, I suppose; did I mention it’s funny?
On the flipside, if you only know them by their HBO presence, you should definitely do some digging on YouTube, lest you miss something like this:
And now, these guys are finally kick-starting their real musical career, still with the folk-comedy bit as their game, but at least with some studio material this time. The EP, titled The Distant Future is an amalgam of studio and live tracks - just about half-and-half, and the tracklist goes like this:
- 1. Business Time
2. If You’re Into It
3. I’m Not Crying
4. Beautiful Girl - (live)
5. Robots - (live)
It landed today @ Amazon via Sub Pop, and at a mere $5 it ain’t no wallet-busting business.
you into it?
Flight of the Conchords - Business Time (EP version)
Flight of the Conchords - Robots (Live) (EP version)
Flight of the Conchords - Something Special for the Ladies
Flight of the Conchords - Frodo (2000 L.O.T.R. rejected demo version)
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