One of the world’s most distinctive voices, Liam McKahey and songwriter Davey Ray Moor have re-united as CousteauX to release their eponymously titled album later this year. Joining them to co-write and perform on album track ‘The Innermost Light’ is Carl Barât of The Libertines.

Cousteau swept the world in 2001: their first album went gold internationally and they have been playing on radios, cinema and television soundtracks ever since. 2017 brings us CousteauX, the very same Cousteau: back with a kiss and a scar.

A friendship which began in squats and parties in the 1990’s took them around the world earlier this century. An Irishman from Cork and an Australian born in Beirut, CousteauX make for a classic London band; pilgrims and immigrants drawn to the music capital.

“Just quietly beautiful….Darkness can be strangely welcoming.” – NME

“Broken souls, doomed romance and dislocated lives, all underscored by a lonely lustfulness.” The Guardian

“The melodies float from heaven to hell like Burt Bacharach standards. Silky without being slick, even when sorrowful like boulevardier Jacques Brel. A sophisticated realm of edgy, romantic pop” Rolling Stone

“Like sobbing in front of Chet Baker and Nick Drake and finding your tears have turned into rhinestones. Perfumed intrigue, late-night melancholy and a shag-pile sensuality- which, despite being romantic,never once sinks into mawkish sentimentality. Perfect poise and irresistibly bruised glamour.” Time Out