Name: Outtakes from "Bad Summer"
Brand: Cool Original

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CS-TSR-236

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Colour

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Tape

Limited edition

Release date

2022-06-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

634457078086

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1 / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / Tape

Artist

Cool Original

Genre US

Indie Pop

Label US

Topshelf Records

Owing to a focused period of growth as a home recordist and producer, there is a distinct, refreshing current that charges outtakes from “bad summer,” the latest full-length album from Philly-via-Portland’s Cool Original (FKA cool american). What under other circumstances might have been a string of homespun indie rock songs is instead an energized pop-focused collection of tracks born from what Nathan Tucker describes as “the contrast between total formlessness and rigid claustrophobia.”<br><br>As heard almost immediately on album opener “monad, no windows,” an electric atmosphere envelops outtakes from “bad summer.” Pitch-shifted vocal samples and previously-scrapped drum recordings fill out the overture, setting the table for a patchwork of repurposed, resampled ideas shaped into songs that rarely end up in the same place they started. The unhurried and sentimental “i just need a second” boasts the full spectrum of Cool Original’s songwriting prowess: foregrounded, infectious melody over subtly chopped and screwed drums comprise the foundation for Tucker’s own take on a classic road song—a marked contrast to “breaking my own rules,” an experimental pop number unlike any previous cool original work. Similar contrasts abound throughout outtakes, making for a listening experience that’s equal parts rejuvenating and unpredictable.

Outtakes from "Bad Summer"

Music US