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Flight of the Conchords, ‘Flight of the Conchords’ (Sub Pop)

This New Zealand duo dignify the term “novelty band,” whether spoofing Pet Shop Boys or decrying the high cost of sneakers made by “little slave kids” in a socially conscious soul anthem. Divorced from their HBO series, the songs have room to stretch a little, only occasionally sacrificing context. The “Space Oddity” send-up (“Bowie”) tacks on a “Let’s Dance” coda, and the silly Language 101 lyrics of the jaunty “Foux du Fafa” could inspire Francophilia even without the TV show’s French New Wave milieu.

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