Last summer, I got turned on to Seattle’s Kaz Nomura, aka PWRFL Power. Since that time, he’s:

1. Won the Seattle Capitol Hill “Block Star” contest
2. Played the Capitol Hill Block Party Main Stage
3. Thoroughly charmed most of Seattle (and a good portion of the US during his unending tour)
4. Starred in an eSurance commercial (WTF, I know)
5. Put together a full-length album that’s out soon on Slender Means/Aagoo
6. Gotten compliments from M.I.A., who came to his show in Baltimore last week(!)

And now we can add to that list:

7. Put out a limited-edition disc for Catbird Records.

I present Catbird Records’ CBR 013: the PWRFL Power EP. 5 song CD in hand-numbered Catbird Mini-7″ case, w/ 6 cover variations. $4.

I would do a big write-up for you to explain the charm of PWRFL Power, but there are already a gazillion glowing-with-praise writeups out there you can just check out. Perhaps The Stranger (who knows and loves him best) explains him best: “[PWRFL Power's music is] an unconventional marriage of melodically rich, Fahey-styled acoustic virtuosity and conversational, knowingly naive lyrical abandon…[which] manages to transcend the potentially cloying confines of its subject matter.”

Just don’t call him “twee.” He’s not “twee,” he’s “kawaii as F*CK.”