Half Japanese Our Solar System
Label | Fire Records |
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Format | LP |
Release Date | 20 April 2024 |
Catalogue Number | FIRELP303 |
Additional Info | This is an RSD24 release which will be available to buy on a first come, first served basis from Some Great Reward on Saturday 20th April, strictly 1 copy per person.All stock remaining at 8pm on Monday 22nd April will be available to buy online. |
40th anniversary edition of ‘Our Solar System’, Jad and David Fair's third studio album as Half Japanese. Originally released in 1984, ‘Our Solar System’ is a wild and chaotic outsider take on the history of pop music.
“A prime example of lo-fi garage exuberance full of romance, confidence, and verve.” AllMusic
Including their suitably avant-garde renditions of The 13th Floor Elevators’ ‘You’re Gonna Miss Me’, The Velvet Underground’s ‘European Son’, Buddy Holly’s ‘Because I Love You’ which is preceded by their own ‘Girl Athletes’ powered by a reverbed Bo Diddley rhythm.
A bravura performance of detuned excitement, 40 minutes of beautiful at times frantic disorder.
Filled with guitar and sax arm wrestling and bizarre sidesteps including a fuzzy take on Grieg’s ‘Hall Of The Mountain King’ which devolves into the standard ‘Louie Louie’ plus a jittering version of Bobby Lord’s ‘Did You Miss Me’.