
Yo La Tengo and Jad Fair reissue the long-lost collaborative LP Strange but True finally!! — making its return. Once out-of-print and absent from streaming, the cult favorite will be reissued on vinyl, CD, and for the first time, digital platforms on December 12 via Joyful Noise and Bar/None. Fans can get a first taste now with “Texas Man Abducted By Aliens for Outer Space Joyride” — listen below.
The album’s surreal tracklist draws inspiration from bizarre tabloid headlines in Weekly World News, collected by David Fair (Jad Fair’s brother and Half Japanese bandmate). “When I started as a musician, I just wanted to sound like myself,” Jad Fair explained. “You would think that would be the easiest thing to do, but for most people, it’s difficult.”
The reissue follows Yo La Tengo’s acclaimed 2023 album This Stupid World and this year’s Old Joy EP, cementing their prolific run while bringing a cult classic back into circulation.