Flight of the Conchords

Conchords: Funny buggers

Flight of the Conchords (Warner/Sub Pop)

Comedy and pop aren’t usually good bedfellows. In recent memory, Jack Black saw his Tenacious D project flop tremendously at the box office with accompanying album resigned to the bargain bin.

Flight of the Conchords, the Grammy award-winning New Zealand duo have had us sniggering on BBC Four, following the fortunes of Bret and Jemaine who having left their native New Zealand, try to make it big in their adopted home of New York City.

The episodes are punctuated by songs and anyone who is a fan of the show will have a passing interest/ The Conchords debut is littered with top ditties from the HBO series.

The chaps’ skill is that they look like they’re not trying, unlike the comedy margarine that is Jack Black.

How they effortlessly pull off a Pet Shop Boys pastiche ‘Inner City Pressure’ that puts Tennant and Lowe’s output over the last decade to shame, is one in the eye for miserable serious-heads.

The Conchords have taken flight and have carved their own niche, look out for the ‘Post Punk Digi-Folk Parodists,’ section next time you’re in HMV.

We say: Chucklesome Kiwi’s produce tip-top debut.

They Say: ‘The music is often delicately lovely’ The Times.

Best Track: Inner City Pressure – Pressure on the Pet Shop Boys to pull their finger out.

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