Caravan Palace: Star Scat

Recently, I got listening to a band called Caravan Palace. I know very little about them, but their song Star Scat totally caught me by surprise when I first heard it. And I got stuck on it, looping it several times throughout the day.

There are no lyrics per se, or at least as far as I can make out (it’s scat, after all). It’s tough to describe the sound of this one song in particular – although the image that sometimes pops in my head is an incredibly stoned Popeye the Sailor Man, singing as the effects of a nitrous balloon are slowly wearing off.

I know, it’s weird. And this song definitely differs from others that I’ve posted on here. But I kind of love it.

I’m interested in hearing more of the album by them, as it just showed up on Rdio… if I could only just get past this one song.

Note: The video above is by César Chevalier and Ecole Pivaut. I think it was just an independent project, and not the band’s official video.

Related:
Three Music Videos by Michel Gondry (Star Guitar)
A Star on the Ground