Oui Oui - Chacun tout le Monde (1989)

WHAT i THiNK
Oui Oui formed in the early 1980's when guitarist and singer Étienne Charry and drummer Michel Gondry met at art school. Their first album however was not released until 1989, and the music is a reaction against the political post-punk, or "cold-wave" as they called it in France, bands of the era. They tried to create music that would be fun, enjoyable and certainly not political.
As they are from France the lyrics are in french (duh), but that doesn't really matter, the music is great. So are their music videos, which can be seen on Michel Gondrys DVD.
Other work by Michel Gondry includes; that White Stripes video made with Lego, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep and Be Kind Rewind.

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Country Teasers - Satan Is Real Again, or Feeling Good About Bad Thoughts (1996)

WHAT i THiNK
The Country Teasers have been around for quite sometime, since 1993 to be precise. They play a mix of country and western, post punk and art rock, with scathing satirical lyrics from Ben Wallers which gives them a unique sound. Wallers lyrics have been compared to William S Burroughs, Mark E Smith, Bill Hicks and Chris Morris.
If you are a very "politically correct" kinda person this music is defiantly not for you. However if you understand irony, and can laugh at subjects such as sexism, racism and cripples then this could become one of your favourite albums. It's defiantly one of mine.

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