CousteauX

“Music of genuinely haunting beauty. Seductive sounds, and late night balladeering with a deadly serious intent”

— Antony De Curtis, Rolling Stone

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CousteauX is Cousteau reformed

Cousteau made a splash worldwide in the 00s with an edgy approach to the torch song.

CousteauX is singer Liam McKahey and stunt trumpeter Davey Ray Moor reunited in their unique brand of elegant melancholy.

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Best Music Video: 2020 London Independent Film Festival

An apple and some wings

About twenty two years ago I stuck some plastic wings on a plastic apple. This became our logo, and seemed to fit Davey's songs and the music we played perfectly: the apple symbolising love, or perhaps temptation, and the wings…

So, why the X?

We thought it the perfect name for our band. As kids we'd seen Jacques Cousteau on the TV. He was so cool - a man in love with the sea. He was the world's first famous environmentalist; warning of the…

We're back again, again!

What's a few years between friends, right?
The great thing about Cousteau fans is they maintain the faith, sometimes for years, without any new Cousteau.
2021 seems like an auspicious occasion for our next reincarnation.
We think Stray Gods might…