We are excited to announce that on May 26th, we will be re-releasing Kay Kay and His Weathered Undergound’s debut self-titled album. The groundbreaking first album will see release for the first time on CD as well as a repress on vinyl. This re-release will happen in time for the band’s upcoming tour with Mewithoutyou and Dear Hunter.
When we originally released this album in early 2008, we had decided to release the album on vinyl only. The band had no cares to have their album released on CD and were absolutely excited about releasing their album on vinyl before any other format. That first pressing is pretty much out of print. We figured that this album was so incredible that everyone should have a copy whether they collect vinyl or not. I have always likened them to what the Beatles might have sounded like if they had grown up in the Seattle indie rock scene, but even that description doesn’t completely explain the depth of what they do. This record defies classification, genre pigeonholing, or band comparisons. It is just fucking brilliant. I ask that no matter what kind of music you listen to, please give it a listen.
Check out an mp3 from the album, the song is called “Hey Momma”. You can download it as an mp3 here.
The sometimes 13 piece band from Seattle started around the time Gatsby’s American Dream were calling it quits. Kirk and Kyle from Gatsbys had already begun writing songs that would later become Kay Kay during some of Gatsby’s final tours. Since the release of this ablum, the band has built a great following in Seattle, been on tour with Rx Bandits and Portugal the Man, and even performed on the Carson Daly show.
The gatefold artwork on the vinyl has been updated with a beautiful center-fold collage. The CD packaging promises to be one of the greatest CD packages we have ever released. I am so excited to re-introduce the world to such a brilliant band.
We will be posting pre-orders for the re-releases on Tuesday, April 28th.
