Fleece Kawasaki is the musical project of Kiazi Halpern, a NYC born and raised, LA based singer-songwriter. Kiazi grew up hearing eclectic music which planted a seed for a love songwriting in him in his youth. He always knew he wanted to be an artist, however his original intent was manga. In his early teens the desire to make music was ignited by emo, and further cemented when coming into contact with his high school friends, who he’d go on to begin his formative bands with. Throughout this time he wrote hundreds of songs, and yet felt himself being shafted for the other bandmates songs, which lasted into his early twenties, when after the collapse of these bands, and a tumultuous breakup he decided to see what life would be like in sunny Los Angeles. Armed with his massive song catalogue and a renewed zeal for life, he first took to the LA Metro as a guerrilla attempt at building a name, which put him into contact with many friends/future collaborators namely Layne Smith (glass beach), who went on to produce his debut ‘The Desert Flower EP’ (2020). Since then he’s gone on to perform with and befriend many artists, as well as opening for glass beach on their spring 2024 tour. Most recently, he is in the process of completing his debut album ‘Fake Frowns From Happy People’ which is the songs of his twenties, the lessons of heartbreak, co-dependence, trauma, regret, and small seeds of hope that can still linger despite this, scored by influence from disparate genres.