Cool Planet

Rock · 2014 · 18 tracks · 36m

Cool Planet

Guided by Voices

Eighteen bite-sized anthems forged in a 2014 cold snap. A punchy, studio-refined take on the band's classic power-pop hooks and surrealist imagery.

It's eighteen tracks of pure, frozen-solid indie rock that hits like a shot of whiskey in a blizzard.

A restless, high-energy collection of surrealist rock that feels both urgent and weathered by the cold.

Cool Planet · vs · Guided by Voices

Winter+4.0σ

Winter saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 18 Tracks · 36m

01

Authoritarian Zoo

2:21

02

Fast Crawl

1:41

03

Psychotic Crush

1:23

04

Costume Makes the Man

2:04

05

Hat of Flames

1:31

06

These Dooms

1:59

07

Table at Fool's Tooth

1:21

08

All American Boy

3:45

09

You Get Every Game

2:05

10

Pan Swimmer

0:59

11

The Bone Church

2:14

12

Bad Love Is Easy to Do

2:04

13

The No Doubters

2:36

14

Narrated by Paul

1:05

15

Cream of Lung

1:13

16

Males of Wormwood Mars

2:53

17

Ticket to Hide

3:02

18

Cool Planet

1:51

Moments Worth Waiting For

The driving, muscular drum fill that kicks off Authoritarian Zoo with immediate intent

The sudden shift into the melodic, almost anthemic bridge of All American Boy

The way the title track Cool Planet closes the record with a haunting, circular guitar motif

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