This is just weird shit. It’s frickin great, but it’s weird. The artist: Jad Fair + Hifiklub + kptmichigan, one thing will become universally true: good plus good plus good plus good plus good does indeed equal “great”. The album: “Bird House.” According to the press, Jad Fair was a “founding member of Half Japanese, and collaborator with a slew of artists including Teenage Fanclub, Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, and Daniel Johnston.” The other two folks are French and German, respectfully.
Bird House is limited to a one-time pressing of just 300 hand-numbered 12″ records. This single-sided LP features original Jad Fair artwork which is screen-printed directly on Side B of the record, and is packaged in a picture-disc sleeve. The first 45 copies are pressed on translucent gold vinyl with black ink (pictured at left), and 255 copies are pressed on translucent yellow vinyl with red ink.
Tags: Electronica
Here’s one that almost made my best of 2011 lists. In fact, I think I’ll tag it accordingly, even though it just didn’t edge out the competition.
Two for today! First, a wild electronic album from Thor Harris, “A Post Apocolyptic Tale of Friendship.”
rapid, nonthreatening beat, a quick electronic piano line, and fevered, gentle urging: “When the night comes to dress you in the blackest of blues, be sure to remember the sound of feet against cold ground.” The words are images–their purpose isn’t clear, they’re there for mood over meaning. Hit the chorus: “Let the wind do the crying for you, for the fever in your heart, it grows and grows.” The second track on the three-song EP has lead vocals by a female, and whoever she is, her sound is too shoegaze, too light, too breathy for Svensson’s intricate, borderline techno beats. It just doesn’t work. Fortunately, Svensson returns on the Cars-meet-Moby track “Unpredictable.” All in all, it’s a whole lot better than I expected it to be. Especially that first track.
