Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
The Moonlandingz may have started their life as a fictional band, but one spin of their 2017 album Interplanetary Class Classics shows they have more life coursing through their veins than 99.9% of all the "real" bands out there. When the Eccentronic Research Council needed to concoct a band for their 2015 album Johnny Rocket, Narcissist & Music Machine...I'm Your Biggest Fan, they called up Lias Saoudi and Saul Adamczewski of Fat White Family and together they came up with a sleazy, greasy glitter punk band. Using Saoudi's knack for agitated, slightly skeevy lyrics and his preening, prodding vocals, and a musical backing that combined the stomp of the Glitter Band, the insatiable drive of Suicide, the snidery of the Fall, and the knowing wink of Sparks, the Moonlandingz were born. To make the album, the ERC and Saoudi holed up and got the basics down, then they moved to Sean Lennon's upstate New York studio to make it even weirder. And it's really super-weird. What can you say about an album that features a track with Yoko Ono singing about Agent Orange lollipops while a chorus featuring Phillip Oakey of the Human League backs her ("This Cities Undone")? Or an album that has more than one song that sounds like it could have been lifted from Sigue Sigue Sputnik's demo tape ("Sweet Saturn Mine," "I.D.S")? Or one with a classic '60s pop ballad about strangulation ("The Strangle of Anna"), featuring the dulcet tones of the Slow Club's Rebecca Taylor intertwining with Saoudi's urgent whisper? How about a song that sounds like Shampoo's "Trouble," only it's about rabies and features fat synths that would make early-'70s Giorgio Moroder green with envy ("The Rabies Are Back")? It's mostly that weird. Also, incredibly fun, hooky, and borderline bonkers. Every song is like a ransom note tied to a rock and thrown through a window accompanied by the raining of glass shards. Hard to ignore and very pointed. The guys from the ERC show a knack for writing the kind of songs that rock hard without being clichéd rock & roll, Adamczewski adds just the right amount of scuzzy guitar, Saoudi's lyrics are dirty and often hilarious, his singing of them is classic scuzzball '70s frontman, and Sean Lennon's production gives each element room to breathe while tying it all together in one glittering mess of fun. Special mention to the boulder-solid drumming of ex-Add N to (X) member Ross Orton; he holds down some seriously thudding beats and makes the album compellingly danceable. The Moonlandingz may have been a joke at first, a way for the guys at the ERC to have some fun and bring their concept album to life. Luckily for fans of ridiculous pop, they took it another step and made Interplanetary Class Classics, a wild work of twisted genius and more fun than rabies, that's for sure.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From £10.83/month
Saul Adamczewski, Composer - Dean Honer, Composer - Adrian Flanagan, Composer - Lias Saoudi, Composer - The Moonlandingz, MainArtist
2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS] 2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS]
Saul Adamczewski, Composer - Dean Honer, Composer - Adrian Flanagan, Composer - Lias Saoudi, Composer - The Moonlandingz, MainArtist
2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS] 2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS]
Saul Adamczewski, Composer - Dean Honer, Composer - Adrian Flanagan, Composer - Lias Saoudi, Composer - The Moonlandingz, MainArtist
2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS] 2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS]
Saul Adamczewski, Composer - Dean Honer, Composer - Lias Saoudi, Composer - The Moonlandingz, MainArtist - parts by Adrian Flanagan, Composer
2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS] 2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS]
Dean Honer, Composer - Adrian Flanagan, Composer - Lias Saoudi, Composer - The Moonlandingz, MainArtist
2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS] 2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS]
Sean Lennon, Composer - Dean Honer, Composer - Adrian Flanagan, Composer - The Moonlandingz, MainArtist
2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS] 2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS]
Saul Adamczewski, Composer - Dean Honer, Composer - Adrian Flanagan, Composer - Lias Saoudi, Composer - The Moonlandingz, MainArtist
2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS] 2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS]
Dean Honer, Composer - Adrian Flanagan, Composer - Lias Saoudi, Composer - The Moonlandingz, MainArtist
2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS] 2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS]
Saul Adamczewski, Composer - Dean Honer, Composer - Adrian Flanagan, Composer - Lias Saoudi, Composer - The Moonlandingz, MainArtist
2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS] 2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS]
Dean Honer, Composer - Adrian Flanagan, Composer - Lias Saoudi, Composer - The Moonlandingz, MainArtist
2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS] 2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS]
Saul Adamczewski, Composer - Yoko Ono, Composer - Dean Honer, Composer - Adrian Flanagan, Composer - Lias Saoudi, Composer - The Moonlandingz, MainArtist
2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS] 2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS]
Album review
The Moonlandingz may have started their life as a fictional band, but one spin of their 2017 album Interplanetary Class Classics shows they have more life coursing through their veins than 99.9% of all the "real" bands out there. When the Eccentronic Research Council needed to concoct a band for their 2015 album Johnny Rocket, Narcissist & Music Machine...I'm Your Biggest Fan, they called up Lias Saoudi and Saul Adamczewski of Fat White Family and together they came up with a sleazy, greasy glitter punk band. Using Saoudi's knack for agitated, slightly skeevy lyrics and his preening, prodding vocals, and a musical backing that combined the stomp of the Glitter Band, the insatiable drive of Suicide, the snidery of the Fall, and the knowing wink of Sparks, the Moonlandingz were born. To make the album, the ERC and Saoudi holed up and got the basics down, then they moved to Sean Lennon's upstate New York studio to make it even weirder. And it's really super-weird. What can you say about an album that features a track with Yoko Ono singing about Agent Orange lollipops while a chorus featuring Phillip Oakey of the Human League backs her ("This Cities Undone")? Or an album that has more than one song that sounds like it could have been lifted from Sigue Sigue Sputnik's demo tape ("Sweet Saturn Mine," "I.D.S")? Or one with a classic '60s pop ballad about strangulation ("The Strangle of Anna"), featuring the dulcet tones of the Slow Club's Rebecca Taylor intertwining with Saoudi's urgent whisper? How about a song that sounds like Shampoo's "Trouble," only it's about rabies and features fat synths that would make early-'70s Giorgio Moroder green with envy ("The Rabies Are Back")? It's mostly that weird. Also, incredibly fun, hooky, and borderline bonkers. Every song is like a ransom note tied to a rock and thrown through a window accompanied by the raining of glass shards. Hard to ignore and very pointed. The guys from the ERC show a knack for writing the kind of songs that rock hard without being clichéd rock & roll, Adamczewski adds just the right amount of scuzzy guitar, Saoudi's lyrics are dirty and often hilarious, his singing of them is classic scuzzball '70s frontman, and Sean Lennon's production gives each element room to breathe while tying it all together in one glittering mess of fun. Special mention to the boulder-solid drumming of ex-Add N to (X) member Ross Orton; he holds down some seriously thudding beats and makes the album compellingly danceable. The Moonlandingz may have been a joke at first, a way for the guys at the ERC to have some fun and bring their concept album to life. Luckily for fans of ridiculous pop, they took it another step and made Interplanetary Class Classics, a wild work of twisted genius and more fun than rabies, that's for sure.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:30
- Main artists: The Moonlandingz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Transgressive
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS] 2017 Transgressive Records Ltd under exclusive license to [PIAS]
Improve album informationWhy buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.