Warehouse Stock Clearance Sale

Grab a bargain today!


Cool Planet [LP]
By
Rating
Album: Cool Planet [LP]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Authoritarian Zoo
2)    Fast Crawl
3)    Psychotic Crush
4)    Costume Makes the Man
5)    Hat of Flames
6)    These Dooms
7)    Table at Fool's Tooth
8)    All American Boy
9)    You Get Every Game
10)    Pan Swimmer
11)    Bone Church, The
12)    Bad Love Is Easy to Do
13)    No Doubters, The
14)    Narrated by Paul
15)    Cream of Lung
16)    Males of Wormwood Mars
17)    Ticket to Hide
 

Album: Cool Planet [LP]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Authoritarian Zoo
2)    Fast Crawl
3)    Psychotic Crush
4)    Costume Makes the Man
5)    Hat of Flames
6)    These Dooms
7)    Table at Fool's Tooth
8)    All American Boy
9)    You Get Every Game
10)    Pan Swimmer
11)    Bone Church, The
12)    Bad Love Is Easy to Do
13)    No Doubters, The
14)    Narrated by Paul
15)    Cream of Lung
16)    Males of Wormwood Mars
17)    Ticket to Hide
 
Product Description
Product Details
Performer Notes
  • Being proud sons of Ohio, the members of Guided by Voices know that when the weather gets cold, it's good to have an indoor project to keep yourself occupied, and as a rare polar vortex hit the Midwest with one of the worst winters in history in 2013-2014, GbV responded in the way they know best: they hunkered down and made an album. Guided by Voices recorded 2014's Cool Planet in the midst of brutal cold snaps and extreme snowfall, and it sounds a little less lively than most of their best work, as if a chill in the air was holding them back. Despite that, the band sounds well focused and determined to make the most of the material, with the emphasis resting on the spontaneity of these sessions. Cool Planet was released only four months after GbV dropped Motivational Jumpsuit, making this a speedy project even by the standards of this prolific band, and the performances feel like the governing philosophy was "first thought, best thought." Perhaps because Cool Planet was conceived and recorded so quickly, Tobin Sprout gets a bit more room for his songs this time out, and he delivers some real gems; "All American Boy" is the most powerful and evocative tune on this album, while "The Bone Church," "Narrated by Paul," and "Ticket to Hide" are all lovely examples of Sprout's ethereal melodic sense, which makes for an interesting counterpoint with Robert Pollard's more straightforward hooky rock numbers. (Though the Mick Ronson riff that opens "Psychotic Crush" shows he still knows how to swagger.) Pollard's songs sound, well, like Robert Pollard songs, which is to say that some are splendid and some are ordinary, but if you've ever been a fan, "Table at Fool's Tooth," "Pan Swimmer," and "Bad Love Is Easy to Do" will remind you why, and this album easily captures Guided by Voices doing what they've always done and always will do -- ride their seemingly endless font of catchy tunes and crunchy riffs into infinity, and though this is no career-defining masterpiece, as a make-busy project for five guys stuck in a snowstorm, it's pretty great. ~ Mark Deming
Professional Reviews
Paste (magazine) - "'Pan Swimmer' is a minute-long rocker with windmill chords and the record's prettiest and catchiest chorus."
Ask a Question About this Product More...
 
Look for similar items by category
Home » Music » Pop » Pop Rock
Home » Music » Pop » Lo Fi
People also searched for
This title is unavailable for purchase as none of our regular suppliers have stock available. If you are the publisher, author or distributor for this item, please visit this link.

↑
Back to top