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* OdeToIntoxication: "Spirits" seems to refer to the alcoholic kind being consumed. The lead vocals speak of experiencing euphoria and disorientation, then showing mood swings. The secondary vocals are the alcohol itself singing of its quality and merits.
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* AnthropomorphicVice: The refrain of "Spirits" is the spirits themselves (as in alcohol) singing to the audience.
-->''Yes, say it to your friend, tell it to the world\\
[[DrinkBasedCharacterization Distilled for real men]], ready to be served, ah\\
Tell it to the world, [[LiquidCourage I silence a lot of fears]]\\
[[PinkElephants Your dreams unfurl]]''
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* PullThePlugOnTheTitle: The music video of "Lone Digger" begins with a shot of the blue-purple neon sign of a night club that shares its name with the song. Then it cuts to the three anthropomorphic cats approaching it.

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* ShoutOut: The factory in "Rock It For Me" includes the gears from ''Film/ModernTimes'' and the "Moloch Machine" from ''Film/{{Metropolis}}''.

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** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/CaravanPalace/comments/1au38rs/hi_again_were_caravan_palace_ask_us_anything/kr1acq8/ As per their own word]], the band gets its name from "Caravan" -- the classic jazz standard by Music/DukeEllington -- and Le Palace -- a famous night club in Paris.
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The factory in "Rock It For Me" includes the gears from ''Film/ModernTimes'' and the "Moloch Machine" from ''Film/{{Metropolis}}''.

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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Chronologic'' features a more pop-oriented, vocal-centered sound than the other albums, which still placed more emphasis on instrumentals. {{Inverted}} with "MAD", which sounds more like their songs from their SelfTitledAlbum or ''Panic''.

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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Chronologic'' features a more pop-oriented, vocal-centered sound than the other albums, which still placed more emphasis on instrumentals. {{Inverted}} with "MAD", which sounds more like their songs from their SelfTitledAlbum or ''Panic''.



* OneWordTitle: Some of their songs:
** "Miracle"
** "Midnight"
** "April"


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* RevisitingTheRoots: By the band's own admission, ''Gangbusters Melody Club'' was made with a "back to the roots" ethos after a string of {{New Sound Album}}s, culminating with the pop-oriented ''Chronologic''. By contrast, ''Gangbusters Melody Club'' is a "best-of" invocation of their previous takes on electro swing, featuring the dance-heavy swing of their self-titled debut, the more ambient and relaxed textures of ''Panic'', and the cinematic electronic-heavy atmosphere of ''<I°_°I>''.
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* BleachedUnderpants: The original band was a jazz trio that was hired by a production company to make a soundtrack for silent porn films, but have mostly left that behind for a much more broad and generally family-friendly aesthetic... though as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdabIfmcqSQ the videos to "Miracle"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQgXeY_zi4 "Lone Digger"]] will gladly [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence and explicitly demonstrate]], only ''mostly''.
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->''Hey, brother, what you thinking?''\\
''Leave that old record spinning''\\
''You feel the rhythm going''\\
''They call it lonely diggin' ''

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->''Hey, brother, what you thinking?''\\
''Leave
thinking?\\
Leave
that old record spinning''\\
''You
spinning\\
You
feel the rhythm going''\\
''They
going\\
They
call it lonely diggin' ''



* CrossoverPunchline: [[spoiler: The video for "Moonshine" ends with the flat-Earther protagonist reaching the edge, breaking through... and ending up in the strip club from "Lone Digger". For bonus points, he's implied to be the donkey.]]

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* CrossoverPunchline: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The video for "Moonshine" ends with the flat-Earther protagonist reaching the edge, breaking through... and ending up in the strip club from "Lone Digger". For bonus points, he's implied to be the donkey.]]



* {{Sampling}}: ZigZagged. The band mostly subverts using samples for the "swing" portion of their ElectroSwing style, preferring to use authentic live instruments, but occasionally they'll slip in a vintage audio clip here and there, either of basic instrumentation or just SpokenWordInMusic.

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* {{Sampling}}: ZigZagged.[[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]]. The band mostly subverts using samples for the "swing" portion of their ElectroSwing style, preferring to use authentic live instruments, but occasionally they'll slip in a vintage audio clip here and there, either of basic instrumentation or just SpokenWordInMusic.



* SharedUniverse: The ending of ''Moonshine'' ends with [[spoiler: the video's main character ending up in the ''Lone Digger'' bar.]]

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* SharedUniverse: The ending of ''Moonshine'' ends with [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the video's main character ending up in the ''Lone Digger'' bar.]]



* StealthInsult: An obscure one:[[spoiler:when the Flat-Earther in "Moonshine" shows up at the "Lone Digger" bar, the drink he gets is has a carrot as a garnish. The one character in Lone Digger who had a drink like that was the donkey. [[DontExplainTheJoke In other words]], he's being called an ass]].

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* StealthInsult: An obscure one:[[spoiler:when the Flat-Earther in "Moonshine" shows up at the "Lone Digger" bar, the drink he gets is has a carrot as a garnish. The one character in Lone Digger "Lone Digger" who had a drink like that was the donkey. [[DontExplainTheJoke In other words]], he's being called an ass]].



** A 1930s-style metallic robot is featured on album covers.

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** A 1930s-style metallic robot is often featured on their album covers.
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* ''<I°_°I>'' (2015, alternatively referred to by fans as ''Robot Face'' or ''Robot'')

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* ''<I°_°I>'' (2015, alternatively (2015[[note]]alternatively referred to by fans as ''Robot Face'' or ''Robot'')''Robot''[[/note]])
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* ''Gangbusters Melody Club'' (2024)
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* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Half the [[CallAndResponseSong call and response]] in the refrain of "Miracle" is the two vocalists each singing half of a pair of sentences.
-->''(Help one another) connect back with the people\\
(Give it to your lover) and all the people you miss''
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* AmbiguousSyntax: "Don't leave the party dying." is a lyric in "Lone Digger" In context of the music video's BarBrawl, one can parse it as "Don't leave the party [by] dying".

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** The club featured in the "Lone Digger" has the titular robot face as a logo.


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* CoverDrop: The club featured in the "Lone Digger" has the titular robot face as a logo.
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* ''Mirrors'' (2024)
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* SnakesAreSinister: The snake in the "Lone Digger" video attacks a waitress for no apparent reason than her tripping providing an opening. And when the bouncer subdues him non-violently, a second snake immediately bites him.
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* DisposableSexWorker: In "Lone Digger", [[spoiler:this is {{Inverted|Trope}}! The stripper appears to be the only one that survived the bar fight, and doesn't even seem to have been that phased by what just occurred in front of her. However, the scantily clad waitress is attacked for no reason.]]

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* DisposableSexWorker: In "Lone Digger", [[spoiler:this is both {{subverted|Trope}} and {{Inverted|Trope}}! The stripper appears to be the only one that survived the bar fight, and doesn't even seem to have been that phased fight is kicked off by what just occurred in front of her. However, the scantily clad a scantily-clad waitress is attacked spilling a drink on someone, but he ignores her to attack the one who deliberately tripped her. Then a second patron tries to attack the waitress, for no reason.apparent reason, but the bouncer stops him at the last second. The whole time, no one attacks the stripper, and the video ends on her [[FailedASpotCheck only just noticing]] that everyone around her is dead.]]
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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Chronologic'' features a more pop-oriented, vocal-centered sound than the other albums, which still placed more emphasis on instrumentals.

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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Chronologic'' features a more pop-oriented, vocal-centered sound than the other albums, which still placed more emphasis on instrumentals. {{Inverted}} with "MAD", which sounds more like their songs from their SelfTitledAlbum or ''Panic''.
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* CallBack: "About You" can be seen as a follow-up to "Wonderland", both both involving the same female singer and her badass attitude. Except "About You" implies it's not fake this time.
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* ''MAD'' (2023)

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* DisasterDominoes: "Lone Digger". One of the dogs trips the waitress, spilling milk on the cats who respond by killing one of the dogs. In the meantime, a snake takes the opportunity to attack the waitress which attracts the attention of the bouncer. The death of the dog leads to the bouncer getting distracted when he is sprayed by the blood. The distraction allows the snake to lethally poison him while the dog takes vengeance on the cat by ripping his throat out. Another dog receives a nasty chest wound by one of the cats while the other dog gets the thin end of a comb shoved in his eye. The bouncer literally rips the snake in half length-wise and other members of the bar join the fight when they are enraged by being sprayed with blood. In less than a minute, 90% of the people in the bar are dead.
* DisposableSexWorker: In "Lone Digger", [[spoiler:this is {{Inverted|Trope}}! The stripper appears to be the only one that survived the bar fight, and doesn't even seem to have been that phased by what just occurred in front of her.]]

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* DisasterDominoes: "Lone Digger". One of the dogs trips the waitress, spilling milk on the cats who respond by killing one of the dogs. In the meantime, a snake takes the opportunity to attack the waitress which attracts the attention of the bouncer. The death of the dog leads to the bouncer getting distracted when he is sprayed by the blood. The distraction allows the snake to lethally poison him while one of the dog dog's friends takes vengeance on the cat by ripping his throat out. Another dog receives a nasty chest wound by one of the cats while the other dog gets the thin end of a comb shoved in his eye. The bouncer literally rips the snake in half length-wise and other members of the bar join the fight when they are enraged by being sprayed with blood. In less than a minute, 90% of the people in the bar are dead.
* DisposableSexWorker: In "Lone Digger", [[spoiler:this is {{Inverted|Trope}}! The stripper appears to be the only one that survived the bar fight, and doesn't even seem to have been that phased by what just occurred in front of her. However, the scantily clad waitress is attacked for no reason.]]


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* SlobsVersusSnobs: The conflict in "Lone Digger" appears to be based on this, although it's inverted from its usual use with animals: the dogs wear business suits while the cats are college students.
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Per TRS.


* SurpriseCreepy: Downplayed in the video for "Lone Digger". While it features [[AnimatedMusicVideo animated]] {{Funny Animal}}s, its suggestive imagery and overall darkness easily signifies it's not for kids. That said, what follows in the last third of the video [[{{Gorn}} is still quite disturbingly shocking.]]
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Per TRS, this was renamed to Sex Starts Story Stops

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* BleachedUnderpants: The original band was a jazz trio that was hired by a production company to make a soundtrack for silent porn films, but have mostly left that behind for a much more broad and generally family-friendly aesthetic... though as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdabIfmcqSQ the videos to "Miracle"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQgXeY_zi4 "Lone Digger"]] [[CoitusEnsues will gladly]] [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence and explicitly demonstrate]], only ''mostly''.

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* BleachedUnderpants: The original band was a jazz trio that was hired by a production company to make a soundtrack for silent porn films, but have mostly left that behind for a much more broad and generally family-friendly aesthetic... though as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdabIfmcqSQ the videos to "Miracle"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQgXeY_zi4 "Lone Digger"]] [[CoitusEnsues will gladly]] gladly [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence and explicitly demonstrate]], only ''mostly''.



* CoitusEnsues: The "Miracle" video features full (animated) nudity and on-screen sex, making it ''very'' much NotSafeForWork.

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* TinCanRobot: A gigantic classic retro-style is built in the music video of "Rock It For Me".

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* TinCanRobot: TinCanRobot:
** A 1930s-style metallic robot is featured on album covers.
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A gigantic classic retro-style is built in the music video of "Rock It For Me".Me". A human-sized robot dances in the music video of "Suzy".
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* TinCanRobot: A gigantic classic retro-style is built in the music video of "Rock It For Me".

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