Cousteau (band)

Cousteau
Cousteau
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Indie pop,[1] chamber pop[2]
Years active	1999–2005, 2016–2019, 2019-
Labels	Global Warming, Palm Pictures, One Little Indian
Members	Liam McKahey, Davey Ray Moor
Past members	Dan Church, Robin Brown, Craig Vear, Joe Peet
Website	[1]

Cousteau are a London-based band who enjoyed considerable international success, particularly in Italy and the U.S. from 1999 to 2005. The band's sound has been compared to Burt Bacharach, Scott Walker and David Bowie with an updated contemporary edge.^[3][4][5][6]

Their best known song remains the single "The Last Good Day of the Year", from their eponymous debut album. It has featured in advertisements (such as those for Nissan in the United States and Borsci in Italy), films (such as Happily Ever After, with Charlotte Gainsbourg, winner of the Special Selection category at the Toronto Film Festival 2005, and South Kensington with Rupert Everett) and documentaries and television programmes around the world. It also enjoyed radio play on both BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 in the UK, later becoming a staple of the NPR and AAA networks in the US. Most recently being 2022's Atlanta.