The Distant Future

Flight of the Conchords is a comedy band (consisting of two members, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement) from New Zealand. They incorporate many different genres into their songs, such as folk, pop, and even a bit or rap. Most of the time, they're found playing live all over the world (mostly in England and the US), and every once in a while releasing a new album to the public. But a lot of the time, you can see their hit TV show on HBO (a hilarious show with a plot line that also incorporates some of their songs into it), that premiered June 17, 2007 ran for 12 episodes its first season, and now has been picked up for another season due to excelled ratings.
The Distant Future, their third album, was released on August 7, 2007 (coming after Folk The World Tour and The BBC Radio Series: Flight of the Conchords, in 2002 and 2006 respectively). It contains six tracks (three of them Live), totaling 22 minutes and 55 seconds in all. Getting reviews from critics ranging from excellent to good, the album eventually managed to be awarded a Grammy.
I found this to be a pretty good album. With it's low price, it would seem that they would be coming off desperate, but a look on the back reveals only six tracks. Six tracks seems a little low to me, but listening to these songs, what they lack in quantity... they make up for in quality. My favorite track on the CD would have to be Robots (Live), a song aimed not really at us, the human population, per se, but a post-apocalyptic future where robotics beings rule the world (Some people think we're being pessimistic but ummm.. they'll all die... first.). In my opinion, this is one of the only bands, in which I love hearing their songs in the Live format. It seems to add a certain performing flair that these guys get on stage. Personally, I loved this album, and because I love the band so much, I'll probably be buying their next, full debut album(15 tracks), on April 22 when it comes out.