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█▒ Artist - Kiwi Jr ▒█
█▒ Title - Cooler Returns ▒█
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█▒ Genre - Indie Year - 2021 ▒█
█▒ Format - Album Time - 36:07 ▒█
█▒ Label - Sub Pop Records Source - Web Store ▒█
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▌░ 01. Tyler 2:05 ░▐
▌░ 02. Undecided Voters 2:29 ░▐
▌░ 03. Maid Marian's Toast 2:23 ░▐
▌░ 04. Highlights Of 100 2:38 ░▐
▌░ 05. Only Here For A Haircut 3:08 ░▐
▌░ 06. Cooler Returns 3:53 ░▐
▌░ 07. Guilty Party 2:17 ░▐
▌░ 08. Omaha 2:34 ░▐
▌░ 09. Domino 2:11 ░▐
▌░ 10. Nashville Wedding 3:14 ░▐
▌░ 11. Dodger 2:36 ░▐
▌░ 12. Norma Jean's Jacket 3:10 ░▐
▌░ 13. Waiting In Line 3:29 ░▐
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▌░ Buildings burning in every direction; macabre unknowns in ░▐
▌░ your friendly neighborÆs basement; undecided voters ░▐
▌░ sharpening their pencils: under pressure we could call Kiwi ░▐
▌░ JrÆs Cooler Returns ôtimely.ö But what year is it, again? On ░▐
▌░ their sophomoric smash-up released world-wide by Sub Pop ░▐
▌░ Records, Kiwi Jr cycle through the recent zigs & looming zags ░▐
▌░ of the new decade, squinting anew at New YearÆs parties ░▐
▌░ forgotten and under-investigated small town diner fires, ░▐
▌░ piecing together low-stakes conspiracy theories on whatÆs ░▐
▌░ coming down the pike in 2021. ░▐
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▌░ Put together like a thousand-piece puzzle, assembled in flow ░▐
▌░ state through the first dull stretch of quarantine, sanitized ░▐
▌░ singer shuffling to sanitized studio by streetcar, masked ░▐
▌░ like it's the kind of work where getting recognized means ░▐
▌░ getting killed, Cooler Returns materializes as a sprawling ░▐
▌░ survey from the first few bites of the terrible twenties, an ░▐
▌░ investigative exposΘ of recent history buried under the ░▐
▌░ headlines & ancient kings buried under parking lots. ░▐
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▌░ Not so long since their debut Football Money in ░▐
▌░ archaeological time, unending gray eons later in the dog ░▐
▌░ years of quaran-time, spiritually antipodean Canadians Kiwi ░▐
▌░ Jr return to disseminate this year's annual report to the ░▐
▌░ shareholders, burying the incriminating numbers in the ░▐
▌░ endless appendices of a longform narrative record, a 3,000 ░▐
▌░ word tract for stakeholders to pore over. Opener ôTylerö ░▐
▌░ builds a Frankenstein of all your musician exes; donÆt you ░▐
▌░ remember ôfalling apart in the green room while they drank ░▐
▌░ half the headlinerÆs rider?ö ░▐
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▌░ In ôWaiting In Lineö weÆre still slumbering at the bar, ░▐
▌░ agitation skyrocketing contemplating ôwhat breed of beast ░▐
▌░ protects the back door.ö We hear "it isnÆt past until it ░▐
▌░ burns," in ôMaid MarianÆs Toastö but what explains the ░▐
▌░ accompanying & extensive itinerary of incinerated Eastern ░▐
▌░ Canadian eateries? Investigated off the clock by KiwiÆs ░▐
▌░ amateur arson division, suspicion is cast on all: The Cook, ░▐
▌░ The Regular : Ms. Scarlett, Colonel Mustard. ░▐
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▌░ Throughout these crises, histories, and head games Kiwi Jr. ░▐
▌░ donÆt expect you to be taking notes or checking dates - and ░▐
▌░ on the back nine, when ôOmahaö demands proof that ôWoodstock ░▐
▌░ ever happened in the first place,ö perhaps the freewheeling ░▐
▌░ guitar groove underfoot tells us all we need to know about ░▐
▌░ whoÆs been flipping through the festival files, air-drumming ░▐
▌░ along to the complete 10-CD set. ░▐
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▌░ These stories - memories of Augusts past, unrepressed & ░▐
▌░ transcribed fast - go down easier thanks to meaningful ░▐
▌░ changes enacted in 2019Æs KiwiCares Pledge: delivering on a ░▐
▌░ promise to transition from Crunchy to Smooth by 2021, the ░▐
▌░ caveman chug of Football Money has been steamed & pressed ░▐
▌░ with the purifying air of a saloon piano - operated with ░▐
▌░ bow-tie untied - and a spring green side-salad of tentatively ░▐
▌░ up-tempo organ taps & freshly fluted harmonica. ░▐
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▌░ A chronically detuned spin of the dial through swivel-chair ░▐
▌░ distractions & WFH daydreams, an immersive ctrl-tab deluge ░▐
▌░ cycling through popular listicle distractions like the ░▐
▌░ unentombing of Richard III, or the deja vu destruction of the ░▐
▌░ Glasgow School of Art, Kiwi Jr sing this song to an indoor ░▐
▌░ audience, crisscrossing canceled, every other prestige ░▐
▌░ distraction source wrung dry, only songwriting remaining to ░▐
▌░ deliver engrossing tales to the populace, just how I imagine ░▐
▌░ it worked in the old days. ░▐
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▌░ Fixing loose ingredients into a sturdy whip, Kiwi Jr beam in ░▐
▌░ live from the 9-5, striding into 2021 with a mastered ░▐
▌░ brainwave that comes equally from the back room of the record ░▐
▌░ store as the penalty box. And how do we, left holding this ░▐
▌░ box of deliberate entanglements, sign off to those as yet ░▐
▌░ uninitiated, undecided, uncertain, unseen, absent return ░▐
▌░ coordinates - Best Wishes, Warm Regards, Good Luck? Cooler ░▐
▌░ Returns, Cooler Returns, ░▐
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▌░ C o o l e r R e t u r n s ! ░▐
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https://kiwijr.bandcamp.com/album/cooler-returns