caption current_members website years_active alias label image_size article_title past_members background genre image origin name
cousteau liam craig vear , dan moore mckahey , robin brown , joe peet , -lsb- http://www.myspace.com/cousteaunovascotia cousteau my space -rsb- 1998 -- 2005 moreau global warming , palm pictures , one little indian 250px cousteau -lrb- band -rrb-
 davey ray moor , dan church group_or_band sophisti-pop , downtempo , indie rock cousteau_album_cover _ -lrb- palm_2000 -rrb- . jpg london , england cousteau
cousteau -lrb- band -rrb-

cousteau are a london-based band who enjoyed considerable international success , particularly in italy and the u.s. from 1998 to 2005 .
the band 's sound has been compared to burt bacharach , scott walker and david bowie with an updated contemporary edge .
their best known song remains the single `` the last good day of the year '' , from their eponymous debut album .
it has featured in advertisements -lrb- such as those for nissan in the united states and borsci in italy -rrb- , films -lrb- 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 -rrb- 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 .
