August 12, 2022
12"
Album
/ Sub Pop
/ Alternative rock, Indie
Smash cut to Kiwi Jr.'s third album, Chopper, overseen by trusted pilot Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs) on storied Sub Pop Records. Turning nocturnal with necks mock turtle, our Local Kiwi Jr. Takes neon flight off the digital cliff - like The Monkees starring in Blade Runner; like Michael Mann directs Encino Man. Ten songs with synth shimmer, zen gongs with yard strimmer. The signs along the highway read "LESS BAR, MORE NOIR AHEAD." Ah, those late summer, Joe Strummer, Home on the Range Rover Blues. There's a melancholy to all forms of flight, and the view out the Chopper is as hazy as it gets: mission-oriented, both stealth and self-realized.
Tracklist:
- 1. Unspeakable Things
- 2. Parasite II
- 3. Clerical Sleep
- 4. Night Vision
- 5. The Extra Sees the Film
- 6. Contract Killers
- 7. The Sound of Music
- 8. Downtown Area Blues
- 9. Kennedy Curse
- 10. The Masked Singer