Issued under exclusive license from Flying Nun, the 3 LPs and assembled bonus tracks showcase the group. Now you can experience the full story.
TJPSE began as a band filled with charm at every turn. Making the most of limited recording budgets to find inventive melodies, harmonies, and percussion, and combining them into unique and oddly joyous Kiwipop gems. “Love Songs” captures all of those early EPs and singles, along with their earliest demos. A dark and confident JPSE would emerge with the bracing “The Size of Food”. Due to corporate label problems it stands as a lost classic of the era, released without fanfare almost 2 years later.
“The Size of Food” collects the US version of the album, including the crucial tracks “Cut Out” and “Mothers” and the “Precious” EP. Finally afforded a sizeable recording budget and surrounded by label glad-handing, “Bleeding Star” would see the songwriting axis shift, but also produce some of their strongest material. Able to embrace technology in the studio fully for the first time, the band vowed to make the most of their chance. “Bleeding Star” collects the original album on LP for the first time, along with bonus tracks encompassing the final maxi-singles and EPs.