Sub Pop Records
Kiwi Jr. - Chopper [Cassette]
Kiwi Jr. - Chopper [Cassette]
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Format: Cassette
Catalogue No.:Ā SPCS1500
Barcode:Ā 0098787150049
Release Date: 12 Aug 2022
Genre:Ā Indie/Alternative
ļ· Follow-up to the 2021 sophomore album, āCooler Returnsā, about which Pitchfork said: āSardonic storytelling and mocking asides... an impatient, slacker-rock imagining of aĀ folk album... some chords ring out with George HarrisonĀ glossiness while others are as shaggy and impetuous asĀ The Clean - rarely do hi-fi and lo-fi splendors coexist soĀ harmoniously.ā
ļ· Smash cut to Kiwi Jr.ās third album, āChopperā, overseen by trusted pilot Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, HandsomeĀ Furs) on Sub Pop. Turning nocturnal with necks mockĀ turtle, our Local Kiwi Jr. take neon flight off the digital cliff -Ā like The Monkees starring in āBlade Runnerā; like MichaelĀ Mann directs āEncino Manā.
ļ· This album is decidedly (yet almost secretly) anti-patio-sunscreen-Beach Boys bachelor cruise sing-a-long. Sure, these songs let a little light through the blinds, but theyĀ sting insomnia, corrupt mayors, sex tapes and deer rifles.Ā āChopperā is the birdās eye view of the big event - a realĀ night time character of oil stain, film grain, search light,Ā night flight. It is muscular and fragile; loud yet quiet: bothĀ an observer and somehow the observed spectacle itself.
ļ· With Boeckner transmitting high-voltage shocks upon every reach for a familiar instrument, Kiwi Jr. expand theĀ palette with string machine song, synthesizered oblong,Ā and Dentyne Classic Menthol vocals from area sopranoĀ Dorothea Paas (US Girls, Badge Epoch Ensemble), likeĀ the missing piece all along.
ļ· Available to independent retailers on Loser Edition clear vinyl.
Tracklisting
Unspeakable Things
Parasite II
Clerical Sleep
Night Vision
The Extra Sees the Film
Contract Killers
The Sound of Music
Downtown Area Blues
Kennedy Curse
The Masked Singer
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