Black Box Recorder debuted in 1998 with England Made Me, a collection of lyrically sophisticated pop tunes . They followed this up with The Facts of Life, which gave them their first (and, so far, only) hit with the single of the same name. Their third album was Passionoia. There is also a 'best of' album, The Worst of Black Box Recorder.

Musically, the group are influenced by trip hop, ambient music, and French electronic groups such as Air. However the lyrics to these lush and romantic melodies are frequently bleak, ironic or sarcastic: obvious influences are Ray Davies, Morrissey and Pulp.

Black Box Recorder are Sarah Nixey, Luke Haines (of the The Auteurs) and John Moore (formerly of the Jesus and Mary Chain). John Moore and Sarah Nixey married in 2004.

See also

• Black box

External links

• Black Box Recorder - Official Homepage (http://www.indian.co.uk/artists/bbr/)