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Further purchase details and links to Kool Kat's Entire Stock can be found here. Without further ado, here are seven new additions to Kool Kat Musik This Week.
Kurt Baker - After Party (Wicked Cool Records) 2020 $13
What began as raucous noise in a Maine basement is poised to be the soundtrack to many a socially distanced soiree as Kurt Baker gets back to his roots. “After Party” marks a return to primo power pop form under Kurt’s own name, backed by his five-piece American band.
Blank Pages - Is This Real? (FDR Records) 2020 $10
The world is a heavy place right now and “Is This Real?” (Blank Page’s sixth offering) is a record for these crazy times. As the title implies, There's a state of disbelief wondering what’s real and what’s fake. Blank Pages songwriter Greg Potter explores these questions through the lens of indie pop, balancing his signature melodic sound with weighty ideas.
Van Duren - Idiot Optimism (Omnivore Records) 2020 $15
From late 1978 until 1980, after the release of “ Are You Serious?” , Van Duren immediately returned to the studio - recording 14 tracks (one being a medley of two songs) that rivalled his tremendous debut. “Idiot Optimism” was shelved, eventually being released in Japan without his involvement some 20 years later. Now, at long last, “Idiot Optimism” returns as Van originally intended it to look and sound.
Van Duren - Are You Serious? (Omnivore Records) 2020 $15
A Memphis pop icon, Van Duren was not only a contemporary of Big Star, he played with both Chris Bell and Jody Stephens in The Baker Street Regulars. Managed by Andrew Loog Oldham, his 1978 debut album, “Are You Serious?" Duren plays everything but drums on most tracks and at a time when Beatles influenced pop was a rare commodity, this album was a breath of fresh air for the few who ran across it.
FaB - This Wicked Pantomime (2CD) (Kool Kat Musik) 2020 $16
Every once in a while, Kool Kat like to push the boundaries of the scope of pop music that it releases.. FaB (Fitzsimon and Brogan) are one such example. In the 90’s, as members of the band Pretty Blue Gun who were signed to Cavell Records, an indie label licensed to Sony, they released two critically-acclaimed albums. David Bowie’s drummer from The Spiders from Mars, Woody Woodmansey and Elvis Costello’s drummer, Pete Thomas both guest on the album.
Supercrush - SODO Pop (Don Giovanni Records) 2020 $14
Supercrush vacate the territory right bang in the middle of The Posies and Teenage Fanclub without ever really sounding like one or the other. The sonic results demonstrate the type of attention to detail that comes only from countless years of combined experience and devotion to the craft of making great records.
Andrew Taylor - The Lockdown Session – October 2020 (Self Released) 2020 $13
Still stuck at home during the pandemic, Dropkick’s Andrew Taylor wrote and recorded these 10 songs (playing all of the instruments) for the fourth instalment of his “Lockdown Session”
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