Songs Without Jokes Bret McKenzie SKU: SP1469 Barcode: 0098787146905 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sub Pop Released Date: 26th August 2022 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Solo debut by Bret McKenzie, one half of New Zealand’s most popular comedy folk duo, Flight of the Conchords. ‘Songs Without Jokes’ harkens back to the greats of the 1970s singer- songwriter era, with songs reminiscent of the finest work of Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, and even a touch of Elvis Costello. Flight of the Conchords’ albums have over 422K combined physical sales (654K including streaming). The Conchords landed McKenzie and Jemaine Clement a hit HBO TV show, a BBC Radio series, chart-topping records, world tours, a Best Comedy Album Grammy, and a 2018 ‘reunion’ special. McKenzie transitioned to Hollywood, writing songs for 2011’s ‘The Muppets’ (winning a Best Original Song Oscar for ‘Man or Muppet’), 2014’s ‘Muppets Most Wanted’, and films in the ‘Pirates!’ and ‘Dora’ canons. While he enjoyed and excelled at the work, he wondered where his songs might go if set free of all that plot-bound specificity. And so, while in Los Angeles a few years back, recording movie music with a crack assemblage of legendary session musicians, McKenzie started playing around with a tune or two he had written simply as songs – songs without any external direction, songs without plot-pushing concerns, songs without jokes. The results reveal McKenzie’s talents on multiple instruments (he’s a veteran of several non-comedy bands in New Zealand back in the day, most notably the reggae-based fusion group The Black Seeds), and his affinity for wry, literate artists like Harry Nilsson, Steely Dan, Randy Newman and Dire Straits. While the album may be free of traditional punch lines, it doesn’t lack a sense of humour. It showcases a new stage of McKenzie’s career, to be sure, but one that isn’t so far removed from his past work and true artistic self. Like Jim Henson before him, who made a career of blending the silly with the sincere and the playful with the profound, McKenzie also aims to connect rainbows to the ridiculous. Single-LP jacket with four-panel insert. Initial copies on Loser Edition blue / curacao transparent vinyl. Artist Bret McKenzie Genre Rock And Pop Label Sub Pop Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings This World If You Wanna Go Dave’s Place Here For You That’s L.A Up In Smoke Carry On A Little Tune America Goodbye Tomorrow Today Crazy Times Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Spencer Are U Down? 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