Los Angeles – James Supercave’s highly anticipated debut album Better Strange is out today on Fairfax Recordings. Better Strange which was co-produced by Kevin Augunas (Cold War Kids, Nick Waterhouse, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros) and the band is available on 2xLP limited edition white vinyl (limited to 500), 2xLP black vinyl, CD, and digitally. Fans can order the album digitally via iTunes and limited edition 2xLP white vinyl version via Origami Vinyl now HERE. KCRW’s Eric J. Lawrence says, “It [Better Strange] is a perfect album title for the band, as they prove themselves masters of the odd angles and off-kilter pop melodies that are littered throughout their record, turning unlikely musical directions into indie gold.”

Late this month, James Supercave will head out on an acoustic Record Store tour which will make stops at M Theory in San Diego, Zia Records in Phoenix, Amoeba Records in San Francisco, Boo Boo Records in San Luis Obispo and more. The band has also just announced a spring tour supporting Wild Belle. All upcoming shows are listed below. Additional dates and SXSW shows will be announced in the coming weeks.

In 2014, a demo of their song “Burn” made it into rotation at LA’s tastemaker radio station KCRW, who stamped it with a coveted “Track of the Day” designation.” James Supercave’s Joaquin Pastor adds “‘Burn’ was born from a bass line and wants to suck you in. It’s the pulse of a year long mess.”

Earlier this winter, the band along with close friend and up-and-coming auteur James Kid (whom also directed the band’s video for “The Right Thing”) created a short film documenting the making of the album at the legendary Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, CA. and teases a new song titled, “Just Repeating” (above).

The band also made waves combining Sophie Koko Gate’s award winning animation video “Half Wet” with their single of the same name, “Better Strange.” The video, which premiered via Nerdist, is basically “like 90s cartoons did the same drugs that our music is hooked on. Beautiful, bizarre, hilarious;” states the band.

Nerdist stated that based on this first glimpse that there “appears to be an excellent album on the way with Better Strange…” The track cuts the familiar slam and glam of psych-pop with the odd details that continually throw James Supercave into the uncanny valley of the pop genre: the lurching groove of the bass, the relentless loop of the synth, the shape-shifting timbre of the vocal. “You’re so much better strange. You’re so much better when you make mistakes with me,” urges Supercave in a fit against normalcy. “Better Strange” dares the listener to commit to the mistakes they’ve always wanted to make.

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