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May 21, 2026 By Mark Redfern Photography by Sebastian Buzzalino

Canadian four-piece Kiwi Jr. have announced a new album, Blowin’ Up, and shared its title track via a music video. The album is due out August 14 on K Records / Perennial / Kiwi Club. Watch the Ben Rayner-directed “Blowin’ Up” video below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover artwork.

Kiwi Jr. is Brohan Moore, Jeremy Gaudet, Brian Murphy, and Mike Walker. They recorded the album at High Bias studios in Detroit Michigan with Graham Walsh. Guests on the album include Joe Casey and Greg Ahee of Protomartyr, Margaux Bouchaudon of En Attendant Ana, and Kerri Maclellan of Alvvays.

Gaudet had this to say about the album in a press release: “Everything is dialed up to the max all the time. The planet, culture, economy, our bodies are always on the edge of exploding. But also at this same time… Kiwi Jr. is about to blow up.”

The band’s last album, Chopper, was released in 2022 on Sub Pop. This is the band’s first album for K Records.

Gaudet says: “We’ve been K Records fans since we were teenagers, but the artists they’re currently putting out is what makes this really exciting for us. K has been releasing some of the best indie records anywhere and we feel honoured to be working together. Responsibility. Respect. Enthusiasm.”

Blowin’ Up Tracklist:

1. Photos of the Reenactment
2. Blowin’ Up
3. Hard Drive, Ontario
4. Pure Michigan
5. New Jade Rabbit
6. Stage Names
7. Caught in the Wild
8. Painting After Painting
9. World Like Polly
10. Landscape with Limousine

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