Half Japanese are a genre in and of themselves, so everything they’ve done has been unmistakably them, and the flavor doesn’t change much over the years.
Half Japanese have made a lifestyle of inelegance, led by guru Jad Fair. Greatest Hits spans a 12 album career and includes plenty of unreleased material.
It ranges from feedback spoken word humor, powerpop with a twisted vocal style, hints of country twang, to Bossa Nova and punk noise tossed in for flavoring.