Flight of the Conchords review

Flight of the Conchords – “Flight of the Conchords”
(Sub Pop)

Much as I love Jermaine and Bret, the novelty of these novelty tunes wears off a bit after a few tracks. Honestly, the best tracks were on the EP that came out at the end of last year. And, yes, the case can be made that Flight of the Conchords are a laid-back Tenacious D. They’re a far more self-deprecating duo than the D, but it’s still two guys with acoustic guitars playing silly songs. The album has its moments, however.

“Foux de Fafa” is a note-perfect Serge Gainsborg take-off, and the way it riffs with French nonsense is a fantastic opener. “Inner City Pressure” is an unfortunate choice for a follow-up, and sets up a series of alternating good-bad tracks that nearly cripples the album. Were the boys to have cut this album in half and released that, we’d have a perfect EP – especially with “Bowie” as a closer. Seriously, starting with a riff on Serge and ending with the best Bowie impersonation I’ve ever heard? Fucking awesome. The sad thing about that is this, however – they already put out that perfect EP.

Last year.

It’s half the price, and the live version of “Robots” is better, too.

Although, really… maybe the poster that comes with the full-length is worth the extra five bucks.

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