{"id":16892,"date":"2022-05-11T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicsynclicense.com\/?p=16892"},"modified":"2022-05-11T14:18:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T14:18:26","slug":"flight-of-the-conchords-bret-mckenzie-announces-debut-solo-album-songs-without-jokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/flight-of-the-conchords-bret-mckenzie-announces-debut-solo-album-songs-without-jokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight Of The Conchords\u2019 Bret McKenzie announces debut solo album \u2018Songs Without Jokes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\" src=\"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bret-McKenzie-2022-promo_02-Rebecca-McMillan-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bret McKenzie\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bret-mckenzie\">Bret McKenzie<\/a> has announced details of his debut solo album &#8216;Songs Without Jokes&#8217; &#8211; you can listen to his new single \u2018A Little Tune\u2019 below.<\/p>\n<p>McKenzie, a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/flight-of-the-conchords\">Flight Of The Conchords<\/a> and further renowned for his music work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/the-movies-blog\/the-muppets-film-review-779208\"><em>The Muppets<\/em><\/a> (2011) and <em>Muppets Most Wanted<\/em> (2014), will release the LP on August 26 via Sub Pop.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/nme-blogs\/flight-conchords-best-songs-2152893\"><em>Flight of the Conchords<\/em>: their five best songs<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8216;Songs Without Jokes&#8217; was produced by Mickey Petralia and McKenzie, and was mixed by Darrell Thorpe and recorded in LA at East West Studios and United Recordings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPost-Conchords, I\u2019d been working on songs for the <i>Muppets<\/i> films, and during a session I had the thought that it would be fun someday to work on some songs that weren\u2019t for someone else, that don\u2019t have to tell a story or be funny or continue the narrative plot, checking all the boxes for the character in the movie,\u201d McKenzie said in a statement about his album. \u201cI thought it\u2019d be fun to do a record like that, something different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bret McKenzie - A Little Tune (Official Video)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kc8slbKmQSk?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Ezra Simons-directed video for &#8216;A Little Tune&#8217;, the lead single from &#8216;Songs Without Jokes&#8217;, has also been released today (May 11). Filmed at the Royal Whanganui Opera House in Whanganui, New Zealand, you can watch the clip above.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the album artwork and tracklist for McKenzie&#8217;s &#8216;Songs Without Jokes&#8217; below, <a href=\"https:\/\/ffm.to\/bretmckenzie_songswithoutjokes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and pre-order the LP here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3223167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3223167\" style=\"width: 3000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3223167\" src=\"https:\/\/jurus.net\/musicsynclicense\/wp-content\/uploads\/BretMcKenzie_SongsWithOutJokes_3000px-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Bret McKenzie - &#039;Songs Without Jokes&#039; artwork\" width=\"3000\" height=\"3000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3223167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bret McKenzie &#8211; &#8216;Songs Without Jokes&#8217; artwork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>1. &#8216;This World&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2. &#8216;If You Wanna Go&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3. &#8216;Dave\u2019s Place&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4. &#8216;Here for You&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>5. &#8216;That\u2019s L.A.&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>6. &#8216;Up in Smoke&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>7. &#8216;Carry On&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>8. &#8216;A Little Tune&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>9. &#8216;America Goodbye&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>10. &#8216;Tomorrow Today&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>11. &#8216;Crazy Times&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"jwplayer-video-3VbegWJC\"><\/div>\n<p>McKenzie and his seven-piece live band will tour in support of &#8216;Songs Without Jokes&#8217; later this year, with a run of UK dates scheduled for September and October.<\/p>\n<p>You can see McKenzie&#8217;s UK tour dates below, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bretmckenzie.co.nz\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">find tickets here<\/a> when they go on general sale on May 20 at 10am.<\/p>\n<p><strong>September<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>22 &#8211; Town Hall, Birmingham<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>23 &#8211; O2 Academy, Leeds<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>26 &#8211; Eventim Apollo, London<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>29 &#8211; Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>October<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1 &#8211; Guildhall, Portsmouth<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3 &#8211; St Davids Hall, Cardiff<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4 &#8211; Academy, Edinburgh<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>5 &#8211; O2 City Hall, Newcastle<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>7 &#8211; O2 Apollo, Manchester<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/flight-of-the-conchords-star-bret-mckenzie-announces-debut-solo-album-songs-without-jokes-2022-uk-tour-tickets-3223160\">Flight Of The Conchords&#8217; Bret McKenzie announces debut solo album &#8216;Songs Without Jokes&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\">NME<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bret McKenzie has announced details of his debut solo album &#8216;Songs Without Jokes&#8217; &#8211; you can listen to his new single \u2018A Little Tune\u2019 below. 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