Birdbrain - Fatcat & Fishface

Artist:  Fatcat & Fishface

Album:  Birdbrain 

Description:  The seventh album from the New Zealand anarcho-kindie musicians, 2013's Birdbrain  is an avian-inspired set of songs (NZ's Department of Conservation even provided support).  Maybe because of that overarching theme, it's slightly less cheeky, but not too much so.  Give "Kingfisher" a spin, for example -- it's not a Disneyfied take on birds.  (For a sillier song, try the title track.)

Source: Bandcamp 

The Bestest and Horriblest Songs for Children - Fatcat & Fishface

Artist: Fatcat & Fishface

Album: The Bestest and Horriblest Songs for Children

Description: If only New Zealand's Fatcat & Fishface had had the success on this side of the globe (both vertically and horizontally) as their countrymates Split Enz.  Then this greatest hits collection would be filled with songs as familiar in Washington as in Wellington.  Oh well -- for those families who like their kids music on the odd and silly and even occasionally dark and/or tender side, this is well worth trying out.

Source: Bandcamp