DEBUT LP, HARMONY AVENUE, OUT MAY 29 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS
WATCH AND SHARE “J TERRAPIN” HERE
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After pulling the curtain back last month, as well as a premiere lap around the UK, Jade Hairpins present their music video for new song “J Terrapin”. The energetic and absurdist how-do-you-do serves as the opening song from the London group’s debut album Harmony Avenue, arriving May 29 via Arts & Crafts.
Flood Magazine says, “‘J Terrapin’ is a two-minute, unrelenting burner sounding more than a little like the softcore punk found in Dirtnap Records’ discography. The clip for “J” doubles down on the overstimulation, presenting rapid fire lyrics and imagery filtered through the aesthetic of ’60s rock vinyl art.”
WATCH AND SHARE “J TERRAPIN” HERE
Jade Hairpins snuck onto the scene in late 2018 with a mysterious 12-inch on Merge Records and a couple of poetic sentences about hiding in trees. Arts & Crafts remained tight-lipped while touting Dose Your Dreams, a truly epic new Fucked Up album released on the same day. Fast forward to 2020, when Fucked Up drummer Jonah Falco and songwriter/guitarist Mike Haliechuk burst out of the proverbial trees with Harmony Avenue, a collection of songs written and recorded in real time. Pop foraging with analog acoustics and electronic landscaping.
As the project expanded, Falco took on frontman and main lyricist duties for the first time and built a live band based in his adopted hometown of London, England. He describes the new record as “straddling the post-post-punk of something like New Order, Scritti Politti, and Orange Juice, with a primordial sense of humour and absurdity not unlike Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Television Personalities, or the Monks.”
Each Jade Hairpins song was conceived in studio, then edited and crafted to become Harmony Avenue. Each vocal approach was different—first focusing on creating stories for character-based writing, and then on less absurd emotional/thoughtful/personal reflection. The LP was originally conceived as a potential addendum to the universe of Dose Your Dreams, but the end result was more exciting than Falco and Haliechuk anticipated and deserved its own spotlight.
The themes of Harmony Avenue mostly focus on contradictory behavior and double entendres as well as regret and control, revelation, support, and complete absurdity. Jade Hairpins are here to challenge, confound, and sparkle their way into listeners’ hearts and keep them coming back for more!
PRE-ORDER HARMONY AVENUE HERE
HARMONY AVENUE TRACKLIST
01 J Terrapin
02 (Don’t Break My) Devotion
03 Father Coin
04 Yesterdang
05 Post No Bill
06 Broadstairs Beach
07 Dolly Dream
08 Mary Magazine
09 Truth Like A Mirage
10 Motherman