In 1986 Icelandic band KUKL’s label was closed off. Due to this the band broke up, but later that year, members from KUKL and surrealist group Medusa got together and created the label Smekkleysa (or Bad Taste). The label had relatively no money, so to bring some income they created a pop group called The Sugarcubes.
They’re debut album Life’s Too Good is insanely good, and I say “insanely” because the music is very very crazy. The album is undeniably pop, however it still manages to behave as a Post Punk recording. The songs are quite imaginative and clever, whacky and sincere. It includes humor, sorrowfulness, and themes that are way darker than they seem; all of it featuring Björk’s erratic and childlike beautiful vocals.
Life’s Too Good is an ingenious tour de force at invention and experimentation that manages to convey the message that anything is possible when it comes to music.
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