Jason Holstrom

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Thirty Seconds into Jason Holstrom’s new island-pop-masterpiece, The Thieves Of Kailua and you’re on vacation. Much like the Hawaiian-portal that must have opened up in his bedroom studio in Seattle, The Thieves Of Kailua channels a colorful tropical paradise of the past. In the album’s opener, “Crystal Green,” sunny, melodic surf-guitar and whip-cracks punctuate a tribal beat under a bouncing bed of ukuleles and angelic vocal harmonies. The stage is set for a half hour island-adventure journey that is completely different than anything else you’ll find in music today. Jason is better known as a founding member of Seattle stand-outs U.S.E and Wonderful. He is also active recording other artists; recent credits include the new Aqueduct and Dolour albums. In the midst of two years of U.S.E tours and other recording sessions, Jason set out to capture an older sound of Hawaii, referencing traditional as well as modern production techniques and diving into the catalogs of 60’s pop and old Hawaiian and Calypso stars. He then single-handedly created a richly textured, pop-concept record with massive layering of sound and spirit. Unlike his previous productions, Thieves is an entirely organic construction, completely devoid of synthesizers or drum machines. The sound palette of the record is rich and bright, combining layer upon layer of vocal harmonies, ukuleles, percussion, slide-guitars, horn sections, field recordings and more to complete each colorful song. The music is pop by

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The Thieves Of Kailua

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Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever (Official Soundtrack)

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Christmas Album

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Our First Christmas 2006

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Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (Official Soundtrack)

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Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever

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New Old Friends

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Christmas Album 2005

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Tonight Sky

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Christmas Album 12-23 master

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