Jay Reatard

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Memphis-based punk rock juggernaut Jay Reatard has adopted a fistful of musical approaches since he first began recording in his bedroom, writing and recording frantic punk, synth punk, power pop and straightforward rock & roll tunes at a frantic pace since releasing his debut EP in 1998. Reatard was born Jay Lindsey and dropped out of school when he was 15, owing to boredom with conventional education and a problematic home life. Lindsey became interested in rock & roll when he heard Nirvana via MTV, and in his mid-teens he began writing songs...[more]

 

 

Following, a slew of single releases last year and a compilation on Matador Jay Reatard releases his first full length on the label.Sure he's in debt to Flying Nun and current power pop bands when it comes to influences on Watch Me Fall, but what Jay Reatard brings to the table in his independently developed DIY song writing skills is still immediately and undeniably recognizable as his own.The songs are still as catchy as hell and lyrically as dark as ever. 'You Were Sleeping' has b   [ read more ]

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Insound Staff Pick - 2008! For the six months leading up to this release, Matador has put out a limited edition 7-inch by Memphis boy wonder Jay Reatard. Each generated more attention, but was released in a progressively more limited run, starting with 3,500 copies for the first and ending with 400 copies for the sixth. This package collects all six (excluding the Deerhunter track on #4), plus one extra song. Each tune is a perfect snarling pop-punk gem.

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