Jag hittade ingen tråd om detta trallvänliga indie-pop band. Dom var ju lite mer syntiga och lofi i början av nittiotalet, jag tänker t ex på skivan "Holiday" som kom 1994.
Här är "Strange powers" från den plattan:
https://youtu.be/-e7Ws6KHwIk
"In Las Vegas where the electric bills are staggering"
I ett nötskal skulle jag säga att musiken ofta kretsar kring Stephen Merritts mörka röst och svartsynta humoristiska texter.
Här är "I don't want to get over you" från skivan 69 love songs ( ja det var 69 sånger på den, jag minns klistermärket på skivkonvolutet där någon publicist proklamerat "Beyond perfect!") :
https://youtu.be/WVEhNHIzJec
I don't want to get over you
I guess I could take a sleeping pill
And sleep at will
And not have to go through what I go through
I guess I should take Prozac, right
And just smile all night
At somebody new
Somebody not too bright
But sweet and kind
Who would try to get you off my mind
I could leave this agony behind
Which is just what I'd do
If I wanted to
But I don't want to get over you
'Cause I don't wanna get over love
I could listen to my therapist
Pretend you don't exist
And not have to dream of what I dream of
I could listen to all my friends
And go out again
And pretend it's enough
Or I could make a career of bein' blue
I could dress in black and read Camus
Smoke clove cigarettes and drink Vermouth
Like I was 17, that would be a scream
But I don't wanna get over you