The Distant Future is the Grammy-award winning EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

-parody

Parody

A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...

 duo Flight of the Conchords

Flight of the Conchords

Flight of the Conchords are a New Zealand-based comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. The duo's comedy and music became the basis of a BBC radio series and then an American television series, which premiered in 2007 on HBO, also called Flight of the Conchords.They were named...

, released on August 7, 2007. It was certified Gold in New Zealand on May 11, 2008, selling over 7,500 copies.

The album was produced by Mickey Petralia

Mickey Petralia (producer)

Mickey Petralia is a producer, engineer, mixer represented by Next Wave Management. Mickey produced all of the music on the Grammy winning, Emmy nominated hit HBO series Flight of the Conchords-Selected discography:...

 (Beck - Midnite Vultures) and recorded in LA and New York by Mickey and engineer Matt Shane. The live portions are taken from concerts at Comix Comedy Club in New York City.

The EP won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album was awarded from yearly 1959 to 1993 and then from 2004 to present day. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:*From 1959 to 1967 it was Best Comedy Performance...

 at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

Track listing

1. "Business Time" - 4:05
2. "If You're Into It" - 1:46
3. "Not Crying" - 3:24
4. "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room) (Live)" - 5:10
5. "Banter (Live)" - 3:33
6. "Robots (Live)" - 5:00