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jee jee band - glass fish - em records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Wave / Pop / Rock

1. Nam June Paik
2. Stegosaurus Carved Into Angkor Wat
3. I've Got a Mop, I've Got a Sponge
4. Caterpillar Fell From the Sky
5. I Want My Birthday Back
6. Road Trip to North Korea
7. Butterscotch Socks
8. 2024 Chocolate Will Be No More
9. inseng Power!
10. Outsider on the Outside

Here's a tasty treat for all fans of DIY pop music: a multinational confection, the perfect blend of sweet and smart.

Based around the core members Matt Jones, originally from Western Massachusetts, and Busan native Jee Eun Lim, who met in Korea in 2011, The Jee Jee Band fuses simple pop structures, airy instrumentation and breathy vocals with clever lyrics, in both Korean and English, often of a satirical or political nature. Currently based in Northern California, the band quietly celebrates Korean culture while also evidencing a cosmopolitan classic pop sensibility, blending K-Pop and other Asian pop elements
with a classic and yet contemporary US/UK pop feel. The songs on Glass Fish, all very fresh-sounding, feature performers from South Korea, America, and, on one song, the Khmer-language vocals of Cambodian filmmaker Vanntey Morn. Jones' Western Massachusetts pop roots allowed him to enlist the skills of former members of Sunburned, Sebadoh and others to help record this harming and refreshing release, sure to appeal to fans of the K Label, DIY sounds, and pure pop. Liner notes by Byron Coley.