Monday, March 13, 2023

Toronto's Gary Taxali creates sleeve art for new Half Japanese album

Here's Gary Taxali's brilliant artwork appears on the cover of the new Half Japanese album "Jump Into Love" and gig posters.



Here's the scoop...

"I've always loved the art punk band Half Japanese, led by brothers Jad and David Fair.  I saw them perform several times over the years and have always enjoyed their shows.  The Fair brothers have collaborated with musicians including Daniel Johnston, Moe Tucker, and Kurt Cobain, who was such a big fan, asked them to open for Nirvana's In Utero tour. (When Kurt was found dead, he was wearing a Half Japanese t-shirt.) Jad Fair has been leading the band for decades and is releasing their new album "Jump Into Love" this July. I was pretty elated when Jad asked me to do the album artwork. He wanted the whole cover to be my art (the band's name/album title will be affixed to a sticker on the shrink wrap)." – Gary Taxali

Get tickets for the Half Japanese show at the Moth Club in Hackey on March 25 right here.





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