Name: Emigrant EP
Brand: Kishi Bashi

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

JNR365LPC1

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Colour

clear

Colour details

Mountain Spring Clear

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Discs

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-05-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0753936907997

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Artist

Kishi Bashi

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Joyful Noise Recordings

First new music since 2019’s Omoiyari. It features covers of Regina Spektor and Dolly Parton.

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 <i>Emigrant</i> 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<i> Emigrant</i> 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. 

Emigrant EP

Music GB