Name: Emigrant EP
Brand: Kishi Bashi

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

JNR365lp-C1

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Clear

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Mountain Spring Clear Vinyl

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-05-21

Signed copies

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Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

753936907997

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1 / 12" / Extended format: Yes / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / clear

Artist

Kishi Bashi

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Joyful Noise Recordings

Kishi Bashi is a talented musician known for his unique blend of indie pop and orchestral arrangements. With influences ranging from classical music to Japanese folk, he creates captivating and ethereal soundscapes that transport listeners to another world.

Similar to artists like Vacationer, Yellow Ostrich, and Rubblebucket, Kishi Bashi's music combines catchy melodies with intricate instrumentation. His songs are filled with lush strings, soaring vocals, and infectious hooks that will have you humming along in no time.

Having collaborated with notable acts such as Mother Falcon and San Fermin, Kishi Bashi has proven himself as a versatile artist who can seamlessly blend genres. Whether you're a fan of indie rock or experimental pop, his music offers something for everyone.

Over the last several years, the critically acclaimed composer and adventurous multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi has travelled frequently to Montana and Wyoming to work on Omoiyari, a "song film" about Japanese internment during WWII. The experience was potent for Kishi Bashi, who conducted research for the film (and 2019 album of the same name) by speaking to internment camp incarcerees and descendents. These conversations led to him reflecting on his own identity as a Japanese-American while laying the foundation of his forthcoming 'Emigrant EP'. 

Along with the brutal history and harsh climate of the American West, Kishi Bashi also sensed a hope and potential, compassion, and resilience. In Emigrant EP, he celebrates these qualities. Arranged and recorded over the last year, the six tracks serve as a time capsule of the 2020 condition and a continuation of the concepts explored in Omoiyari. What’s more, they find Kishi Bashi rewriting musical tradition in the image of his own experience, further embracing his love for roots music and violin fiddling. 

Meditating on the anxieties of the COVID-19 pandemic, the comforts of nature, the pains of resource-fueled conflicts, and the resiliency that emerges from struggle, Emigrant EP is steeped in the past while it looks to the future. "I want to understand the history, but also dive in and really try to humanize it," he says. "I’m trying to show how we’re all the same type of human being. We have the same desires and needs, to protect our loved ones and also to celebrate the everyday."

Emigrant EP

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