{"id":23203,"date":"2016-08-28T18:15:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T22:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23203"},"modified":"2016-08-27T06:59:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T10:59:35","slug":"jad-fair-half-japanese-hifiklub-kptmichigan-release-new-lp-dont-give-up-reveal-sunshine-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23203","title":{"rendered":"Jad Fair, Hifiklub &#038; kptmichigan release &#8216;Don&#8217;t Give Up&#8217; LP + new video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jad Fair (of Half Japanese), French free-rock open quartet Hifiklub, and Anglo-German musician &amp; producer Michael Beckett (aka kptmichigan) have come together for their second collaborative release, following 2012&#8217;s\u00a0&#8216;Bird House&#8217;\u00a0EP. Their first full-length album,\u00a0&#8216;Don&#8217;t Give Up&#8217;\u00a0is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highvoltagepr.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8bbd1fce629615658f82df5cd&amp;id=6c754546bc&amp;e=b0da5a889f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">out now<\/a>\u00a0via Joyful Noise\u00a0Recordings and\u00a0features eight tracks of weird, off-kilter pop. You can watch a dreamy\u00a0video for album track <em>Sunshine<\/em> via YouTube below &#8211; which gives off strong summer vibes with hypnotic, kaleidoscopic images.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sRSXHvGg14s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Don&#8217;t Give Up&#8217;\u00a0came together in a unique way: it began as a series of eighteen compositions created by Hifiklub over the course of one weekend, which were then completed remotely by Jad Fair and deconstructed &amp; reassembled by kptmichigan.<\/p>\n<h5><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/8bbd1fce629615658f82df5cd\/images\/6a0331d9-e7dd-4fe9-8480-c8225c84cf52.jpg?resize=264%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Don't Give Up cover\" width=\"264\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\nTrack listing<\/h5>\n<p>1. Don&#8217;t Give Up<br \/>\n2. Hot As The Sun<br \/>\n3. Happy Happy Heart<br \/>\n4. Hand In Hand<br \/>\n5. Magic Town<br \/>\n6. Listen To Your Heart<br \/>\n7. Sunshine<br \/>\n8. 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