Jad Fair + Hifiklub + kptmichigan :: Bird House

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Jad Fair + Hifiklub + kptmichigan
Bird House

Catalog Number: jnr85
Release Date: 01/24/12

Vinyl + MP3: $12

(limited to 255 hand-numbered copies on single-sided translucent yellow vinyl screen-printed with red ink)

MP3: $5

Track List:

Bird House
Let's Win
Blue Skies
Entwine
You And I

After consuming the new album from Jad Fair + Hifiklub + kptmichigan, one thing will become universally true: good plus good plus good plus good plus good does indeed equal "great".

With "Bird House", the legendary Jad Fair has teamed up with prolific French artist Hifiklub and Germany's kptmichigan to produce some of his most artistically engaging music in years. Best known as the founding member of Half Japanese, and collaborator with a slew of artists including Teenage Fanclub, Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, and Daniel Johnston - Jad Fair has firmly established his stature as a pioneer of lo-fi indie rock.

Unlike the traditionally simple, playful style of Half Japanese the new LP, features hypnotic, fluid musicianship alongside Jad Fair's psychologically imbalanced vocal style. Originally recorded for Jad Fair's art exhibition at Le Dojo - Nice in France, this record exemplifies Fair's signature childhood naivety alongside Hifiklub and kptmichigan's ethereal, jazz-leaning experimental indie rock. Having collaborated themselves with the likes of Lee Ranaldo, Andrew W.K., and R Stevie Moore, Hifiklub and kptmichigan bring a level of sonic mastery to this album which balances the otherwise unruly Jad Fair. The end result is a strangely listenable blend of atmospherically tempered experimentalism.

"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 (now sold out), and 255 copies are pressed on translucent yellow vinyl with red ink.

Here is an image of the gold vinyl w/ black ink:

Jad Fair Bird House Vinyl

"Jad Fair pushes the artistic limits for his most adventurous record in years."
The Fire Note

"Following past experiments with Daniel Johnston and Teenage Fanclub, prolific underground indie icon Jad Fair (of Half Japanese) will kick off 2012 with another collaborative album, Bird House... Bird House strays from the traditionally simple style Fair flirted with in Half Japanese in favour of a more fluid, experimental sound, though the record is said to still hone in on the lo-fi legend's "psychologically imbalanced vocal style.""
Exclaim!

"So Jad Fair - a founding member of the off-kilter punk group Half Japanese - has been around the block a time or two. You know, collaborating with the likes of Teenage Fanclub, Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Daniel Johnston, Mo Tucker, and John Zorn. No big deal. French artist Hifiklub and Germany's kptmichigan have done their fair share of cool collaborations as well, including projects with Lee Ranaldo, Andrew W.K., and R. Stevie Moore. Recently, Jad Fair, Hifiklub, and kptmichigan all got together and recorded some music for Fair's art exhibition at Le Dojo in Nice, France, and guess what - now they're releasing a joint LP called Bird House."
Tiny Mix Tapes

"Jad Fair's latest project instantly transported me back to the early '80s. In those days I felt compelled to salvage Half Japanese and Jad Fair solo albums from record store cutout bins. I didn't particularly enjoy the absurd outsider sounds but I loved the fact that "music" of this nature could actually be recorded, released, distributed and sold. A video for the title track for the forthcoming EP Bird House is an uncanny representation of my disjointed memories of that era. I continue to embrace the anarchy."
There Stands The Glass

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