Bassist and singer-songwriter Kimon Kirk’s new double LP, Bikini Jardine, is slated for a July 2026 release, following his release of Altitude in 2021. Bikini Jardine (whose title is a mashup of the name of the all female punk band Bikini Kill and the Beach Boys’ guitarist Al Jardine) includes songs written with Aimee Mann, alt-country icon Robbie Fulks, and Treat Her Right’s David Champagne, and features guest appearances by Mann, Fulks, Gaby Moreno, and NRBQ keyboardist Terry Adams, as well as backing from Kirk’s bandmates on the east and west coasts. Based in Los Angeles but raised in the fertile musical ground of Boston, Kirk has been the bassist in Grammy-winner Gaby Moreno’s band since 2016 and frequently collaborates with Aimee Mann as bassist, backing vocalist, and co-writer. He has also performed as bassist and harmony vocalist with a range of artists that includes Van Dyke Parks, Grant-Lee Phillips, Alejandro Escovedo, Rufus Wainwright, Tony Gilkyson, Session Americana, Amy Correia, Sarah Borges and others on both coasts.

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“Kimon Kirk can nail longing and regret and an existential shrug all in one lyric. His music makes me restless, makes me want to put down whatever book I’m reading and go out in the world to see what I’m missing and he’s not.” — Maureen Corrigan (NPR)

“Exceptionally strong pop songs, often with a reflective slant, but with the irrepressible feeling of the best power pop.” — Heaven Magazine, Netherlands

“In a world in which masterful melodic songwriting and rich, understated production were king, philosopher-poet Kimon Kirk would rule with a velvet fist. Beautifully crafted pop in the Wilson-McCartney vein, via Andy Partridge.” — Alex Rubens (Key & Peele, Community)

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