History Music / FlukeBand

After years of inactivity from the members, the group has announced their reunion in 2024, with their single "Insanely Beautiful" set to release in April 2024.

After years of inactivity from the members, the group has announced their reunion in 2024.

* WordSaladLyrics: If any of the songs in their discography have lyrics, chances are they might fall into be this in one way or another.

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[[caption-width-right:500:"''Baby, you've got an atom bomb''..."[[note]]L-R: Jon Fugler, Mike Bryant and Mike Tournier[[/note]]]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Their third album ''Oto'', where their sound started to become moodier, atmospheric and heavier at the same time, as the band started incorporating elements of big beat, [[TripHop trip-hop]], {{industrial}}, {{ambient}} and even {{rock}} into their sound.

During the ''Risotto'' tour, Tournier quit to form the side project Syntax with musician Jan Burton in 2000. This led Fugler and Bryant to work on what would become their final album ''Puppy'' in 2003 before retiring the project altogether. Both Fugler and Bryant would later create a SpiritualSuccessor with the project 2 Bit Pie, releasing their only album ''2Pie Island'' in 2006, which featured included as guest musicians Tournier and his Syntax partner Jan Burton, among with other names such as Andy Gray and Music/{{Bush}} drummer Robin Goodridge.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Oto'', where their sound started to become moodier, atmospheric and heavier at the same time, as the band started incorporating elements of big beat, [[TripHop trip-hop]], {{industrial}}, {{ambient}} and even {{rock}} into their sound.

** An interesting case of this happened with "Another Kind of Blues", which was originally a completely different song (the version in the 2000 ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen XMas Demos]]'' originally was a dance-pop inspired track that recalled elements of ''Blighty'') before being turned into a different version of the track "Zion", a song that previously appeared in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''. It also contains lyrics that were later repurposed to the song "Blue Sky".

** An interesting case of this happened with "Another Kind of Blues", which was originally a completely different song (the version in the 2000 ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen XMas Demos]]'' originally was a dance-pop inspired track that recalled elements of ''Blighty'') before being turned into a different version of the track "Zion", a song that previously appeared in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''.

** An interesting case of this happened with "Another Kind of Blues", which was originally a completely different song (the version in the 2001 ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen XMas Demos]]'' originally was a dance-pop inspired track that recalled elements of ''Blighty'') before being turned into a different version of the track "Zion", a song that previously appeared in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''.

** The [[BSide b-sides]] from their single releases of "Electric Guitar", "Absurd", "Tosh", "Bullet", "Atom Bomb", "Slid" and "Pulse" have different mixes with an {{idiosyncratic|Episode Naming}} naming style, as mentioned above. "Squirt" and "Setback" from ''Oto'' also had this, reappearing on ''Risotto'' with completely different arrangements from the former album, with "Squirt" in particular adopting the nickname "(Risotto Vox)".
** An interesting case of this happened with "Another Kind of Blues", which was originally a completely different song (the 2001 ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen XMas Demos]]'' version was a dance-pop inspired track) before being turned into a different version of the track "Zion", a song that previously appeared in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''.

** The [[BSide b-sides]] in their single releases of "Electric Guitar", "Absurd", "Tosh", "Bullet", "Atom Bomb", "Slid" and "Pulse" have nicknames for the different mixes of said songs. "Squirt" and "Setback" from ''Oto'' also had this, reappearing on ''Risotto'' with completely different arrangements from the former album, with "Squirt" itself adopting the "(Risotto Vox)" nickname.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''The Techno Rose of Blighty'' in spades! It's much brighter and very clearly influenced by {{funk}}, {{disco}} and early {{house music}}. ''Six Wheels on My Wagon'' still has much of the weirdness to an extent but the elements that would define the band in future installments start take shape there.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''The Techno Rose of Blighty'' in spades! It's much more brighter and very clearly influenced by {{funk}}, {{disco}} and early {{house music}}. ''Six Wheels on My Wagon'' still has much of the weirdness to an extent but the elements that would define the band in future installments start take shape there.

** The stretch of "My Spine" → "Another Kind of Blues" → "Hang Tough" in ''Puppy''. That also gets repeated later with "Expo" to "Electric Blue".

* IWantSong: ''Puppy''[='=]s outtake "Liquid".

** The stretch of "My Spine" → "Another Kind of Blues" → "Hang Tough" -- "Switch / Twitch" in ''Puppy''. That also gets repeated later with "Expo" to "Electric Blue".

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Oto'', where their sound started to become moodier, atmospheric and heavier at the same time, as the band started incorporating elements of big beat, [[TripHop trip-hop]], {{industrial}} and {{ambient}} into their sound.

* OutOfGenreExperience: ''Puppy'' ends with "Blue Sky", a {{soul}}-inspired song where gospel female vocalists take after the first two verses sang by Fugler, contrasting with the regular progressive house sound from the rest of the album.

* "Absurd" itself is a breeding ground for these, with namedrops of Franchise/KingKong, Franchise/SpiderMan, ComicStrip/DanDare, Franchise/{{Mickey|Mouse}} and WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse, and [[Series/SesameStreet Big Bird]]. ''And that's just the first verse''.

** Their catalog in general has many examples to count owing to their progressive house style, which pretty much bleeds into some of the lyrics. Though the example above stands out thanks to the OutOfGenreExperience mentioned below.

* PerishingAltRockVoice: Fugler's raspy vocals pretty much fit this.

** The [[BSide b-sides]] in their single releases of "Electric Guitar", "Absurd", "Tosh", "Bullet", "Atom Bomb", "Slid" and "Pulse" have nicknames for the different mixes of said songs. "Squirt" and "Setback" from ''Oto'' also had this, reappearing on ''Risotto'' with completely different arrangements from the former album.

* WordSaladLyrics: Frequently when the song ''does'' have lyrics.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Oto'', where their sound started to become moodier, atmospheric and harder at the same time, as the band started incorporating elements of big beat, [[TripHop trip-hop]], {{industrial}} and {{ambient}} into their sound.

** Their catalog in general has many examples to count owing to their progressive house style, which pretty much bleeds into some of the lyrics.