Half Japanese - Crazy Hearts (TRANSPARENT TURQUOISE VINYL) - VINYL LP

Album Tracks 1. Beyond Compare 2. Step on Up 3. Meant to Be 4. Possibilities 5. Things 6. That's Fate 7. Adventure 8. The Summer of Love 9. Stars Don't Lie 10. Lemonade Sunset 11. Magnificent 12. Blame It on Your Smile

Half Japanese have returned to peel further layers from their onion. They have a new album that's a square further on in their unpredictable musical snakes and ladders board. Why Not? is a magical thing it's Springsteen's Born To Run recorded in a cupboard, it's an ode to love, it's a Wire song with two duelling guitarists being Zappa on helium, it's Parquet Courts in a tantrum, it's The Crickets contorted into? and The Mysterians, it's everywhere and nowhere, baby, it's where it's at. On Why Not? nuances are mused, situations explained, questions asked. Outside, zombies and demons roam and everyday aliens emerge from spaceships it's a technicolor film transcribed by Jad Fair and friends John Sluggett, Gilles-Vincent Rieder, Mick Hobbs and Jason Willett, their faces at the cracked window of their subterranean habitat looking out at the real world. They're on a high from their last After all these years, his wiry voice still hits every song with a shock that's equal parts joy buzzer and defibrillator, each barely in-key bleat alternating between laughable and life-affirming, said Pitchfork of their last opus Hear The Lion Roar. To which All Music added that after nearly 40 years of music-making, they're still creating some of the most engaging recordings of their lives, and that's truly something to believe in. Why Not? goes further. It's an even more intense concoction, it's further out there. It contains pieces of fluffy thought-provoking music, a bag of sentiments delivered with a real sense of wonderment at how the normal world revolves; all powered with heart and soul, some crunchy guitars, a cello and reverb set-to-kill infiltrating their storytelling. Why'd They Do It? quizzes track 11. Because they can.1. The Future Is Ours2. The Face3. Why Not?4. Amazing5. Demons Of Doom6. A Word To The Wise7. Bring On The Night8. Zombie Island Massacre9. Better Days10. Sp

Special with pop off wearable mask designed by Jad Fair!!! Featuring highlights of the band's blitz of Europe in 1992. The world hasn't been the same since. Album Tracks 1. Open Your Eyes/Close Your Eyes (Live) 2. Big Mistake (Live) 3. One Million Kisses (Live) 4. Fire to Burn (Live) 5. Mule in the Corn (Live) 6. If He Says He Did (Live) 7. King Kong (Live) 8. Postcard from Far Away (Live) 9. I'll Change My Style (Live) 10. Cherry Pie (Live) 11. RRRRRRRSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTT (Live) 12. S*x at Your Parent's House (Live) 13. Secret (Live) 14. Said and Done (Live) 15. Charmed Life (Live) 16. Casper (Live) 17. Around and Around (Live) 18. Rocking Chair (Live) 19. Turn Your Life Around (Live) 20. Firecracker (Live) 21. Silver and Katherine (Live) 22. Frankenstein Must Die! (Live) 23. By and By (Live) 24. Fire in the Sky (Live)