534. Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman

I'm sure all of you are very familiar with Cibo Matto. For some reason I always thought they were on Grand Royale, but anyway. Pegging CM as just another Japanese pop band is unfair, they are as eclectic as a band can get, trip hoppy one minute and addicitvely funky the next. For 1996 this stuff was fresh - I think the term 'fresh' might have even been cool then too. The real treat though off the album was the 'Sugar Water' video directed by Michel Gondry. Truly brilliant. Brilliant!

7.9 out of 10