Momus

Nick Currie, the itinerant Scotsman who calls himself Momus, had already been making odd, wildly smart, dirty-minded records for more than 10 years when his first American album appeared. Originally a Jacques Brel?Äìinspired singer/songwriter (seek out the remarkable Tender Pervert, from 1988), he scored hits in Japan with the hyperactive, hyperintellectual songs he wrote for pop idol Kahimi...